Why Beowulf Should be Taught in Christian Schools
Title: Why Beowulf Should be Taught in Christian Schools
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Why Beowulf Should be Taught in Christian Schools
Category: /Business & Economy/Marketing and Advertising
Details: Words: 523 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
"Beowulf" is an intensely violent and gruesome story. While this is an exceptionally graphic book, the author did not intend this to be a purely entertainment book; he wrote it as a didactic piece of literature (containing a moral message). Throughout the book, the author creates symbolism between his fictional characters and Biblical characters and between his fictional events and Biblical events. Beowulf is a Christian, didactic novel and therefore should be taught and discussed
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dragon. That person symbolized us as sinners and Beowulf is Jesus who sacrificed his very life to save us.
By implementing Beowulf to the literature curriculum in a Christian school, you reap the fruit of learning about what the author has already discovered in the Word of God. It doesn't make sense to 're-invent the wheel' by reading only from the scriptures and discovering principles that have already been uncovered in books such as Beowulf.