In the poem Beowulf there are many ways in which the digressions exhibit a correlated foreshadowing and similarity to Beowulf's personal adventures as a single, heroic, entity. The similarities in wording and plot are remarkable. One such, indicative parallel is manifested between Beowulf's ordeal with the dragon and the digression titled "The Tale of Finn". To illustrate the foreshadowing one must see the parallels between the burial ceremonies of Beowulf and Hnaef, the similarities between …showed first 75 words of 748 total…

…showed last 75 words of 748 total…go" is that the story of Beowulf represents a specific point in history and that point, is filled with many different heroes. At any separate time Beowulf, under these restrictions would represent a different hero whose story was pushed on to a more phantasmal one that is sung in praise of quasi-historical study to be sent down along the generations to the modern day translation of Beowulf. Works Cited Beowulf. Trans, Michael Alexander. London: Penguin, 1973