Submit your multiple choice answers and ask your professor f…
Submit your multiple choice answers and ask your professor for the essay portion of this exam. Choose ONE of the following questions to answer as full as possible in an essay. It is expected for you to write about the literature that you have read in that unit; use examples as specifically as possibly from each piece of literature. DO NOT use outside research to answer these questions—your answers should be based on class notes and reading assignments. Please just use your own insights supported with examples from the assigned readings. 1. Trace the development of the English language from its earliest known form and the development of English literature beginning with Beowulf. What does literature teach us about the society in which it was created? 2. Discuss the religious tension illustrated in Beowulf and then explain the causes of the tension. Give specific examples from the poem of this tension. 3. Discuss the original oral nature of Beowulf. In what ways can you tell that it was an oral art form? Give examples. 4. What role do women play in the poem? What does the treatment of women tell about the society? Give examples. Â
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