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Title: Beowulf Today
Words: 407
The values and virtues of todays' society have many similarities and manydifferences to those of Beowulf's time. In modern America, we value bravery,honesty, and a strong sense of ethics much the way the culture of Beowulf's timedid. We value intelligence over brute strength and humbleness over egotism, asopposed to Beowulf's culture which believed that muscle and hard-headednesswere the traits of heroes. The Angleo-Saxons also had a strong sense of fate, theidea that life is predetermined, but as a modern society we value the belief of self-destiny.Our values and beliefs in modern America have many similarities to those ofBeowulf's time and culture. Both cultures value honesty, bravery, and a strongsense of ethics. A good example of how Beowulf's culture valued bravery is inBeowulf's acti ...
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