The Theme Of Father/Son Relationships In Beowulf & The Song Of Roland
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The representation of father-son type relationships in early Medieval
literary works is a key theme early authors used to give their works more depth
and meaning. Two works that use the theme of father-son relationships are
Beowulf and The Song of Roland. In Beowulf, the relationship between Hro ....
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.... his King. The
significance of these inter-generational relationships will be looked at in this
paper, as well as what the authors through the guise of these father-son
relationships were trying to say about various different aspects of life during
their time.
In Beowulf, the function of the relationship between Hrothgar and
Beowulf helps to further the plot in several ways. Whenever there is a reliance
on family in any literary work, it gives any story more meaning and significance.
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