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1. Old English Literature• anonymous - “Beowulf” - heroic epic poem of 3182 alliterative lines; set in Scandinavia- Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, battles 3 antagonists: Grendel and his mother who trouble Danish king Hrodgar and an unnamed dragon. After the first two victories, Beowulf goes home to Geatland in Sweden and becomes king of the Geats. The last fight takes place fifty years later and in this battle is Beowulf fatally wounded and buried in a tumulus in Geatland.• anonymous - “The Wande...