Beowulf | Summary/Overview | 60second Recap®

by Jenny Sawyer
"Beowulf" might seem a little intimidating at first. 60sR was intimidated...at first, and second, third...But what do we expect? It was written at least a thousand years ago ... and in verse! But take heart. Fortunately, "Beowulf" is a pretty simple story. It's about what it takes to be a hero. Watch this 60second Recap® summary/overview of "Beowulf" and see!

[Julitwizzle]

How was that a recap? That literally did not tell you anything about the storyline.

[Chris-izzh]

Let me briefly explain beowulf without actually revealing anything about beowulf amazazing!....

[sebastianjimenez]

5 stars 10/10 wonderful detailed plot summary wonderful story event analysis

[Razie]

Oh... its been about a month and we're still on beowulf LOL.. I have no idea what we r doing next!

[leornendeealdenglisc]

The name Beowulf is a combination of Bee and hunter. Beo is bee in Old English, and Wulf can be Wolf but it can also mean hunter. Thus Bee-hunter, and what animal hunts after bees? A bear.

[Nazuldx]

Thx helped me In my senior English class papper

[MakoEve]

Am I the only one who loves British Lit?

[endrishtylla]

hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and daje che due maroni

[dmanbaked]

Well we just finished reading it and watching the movie but we're starting the medival time period. We just finished the Anglo-Saxon times

[olorink]

Bad you censor out that heroes/rulers like Beowulf are "godly" (not merely "moral") & know biblical history so as to wage battles as part of God's army in the age-long spiritual warfare defending vs. enemies who hate God & destroy His humanity. This is a major part of the poem & Christian culture into which it was written (e.g. King Raedwald of East Anglia) repeatedly that God sent him to deliver them from sinful evil, that Beowulf trusted God to help him, prayed, praised God for victory, etc.

[silvios]

Salve potete fare un riassunto qui sotto

[jeanfatale]

Why was i spammed with this in my email?

Anyone could come to the conclusion that being good was considered good EVEN 1000 years ago (much like they probably thought bad was bad). The information is useless without knowing their understanding of goodness.

[TechnoCrossBow]

I'm having to read this as a freshmen fml

[iinsanebaby]

Am i the only one who just wants to know the story

[MrCorrectify]

You'd think with 60 seconds to tell a story, you'd be left with only the most important data...instead we get the youtube equivalent of a student BSing to hit a page limit.

[Tiberiotertio]

Hmm the original story is interesting but modern interpretations are rather boring and if I did not know the story would take all interest in reading it away.