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Lord of the Rings! In my head I have decided to call the dragon Smaug.
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There's so many titles uses for the dragon. I think this kind of goes against oral tradition. Usually oral works use repeating phrases, so that the orator has a better time memorizing, and so the audience can keep track. This is seen when Beowulf is always referred to as "Beowulf, son of ecgtheow," or in homer's works when Athena is always "grey eyed Athena."
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I think Hrothgar was in a way mourning the version of Beowulf that he was seeing in front of him. He knows that one day Beowulf will grow old, and lose the warrior strength that he prides himself on, as he did. I also think it's a very tender and sweet moment. It's always interesting to see the relationship between men in old works of literature, and how vulnerable they are allowed to be , even when their character are archetypes that call for hyper masculinity.
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