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60C-Beowulf: Unknowable but Certain

Myths and Legends

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The Unavoidable, Unrelenting Fate of Beowulf

Beowulf faced the dragon alone in a battle that would determine his fate. The poem was translated by Seamus Haney, who has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Beowulf and his men inspected the cave and heard the breathing inside,. The dragon had gone back to sleep. Looking down into the glowing darkness, Beowulf felt like he couldn't breathe.

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