1. There are several other modern adaptation s of Beowulf— by such authors as Rosemary Sutcliff, Kevin Crossley-Holland, William Leonard, Burton Raffel, Stanley Greenfield, and Robert Nye. Compare the depiction of a single scene or a single character in one of these other versions with Ian Serraillier's handling of the same scene or character. Which do you prefer? Why?
2. Consider the use of violence in the poem. Is it necessary? What does it contribute?
3. Compare the figure of Beowulf with the figure of Roland in Serraillier's Ivory Horn, an adaptation of the Old French epic The Song.....
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