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Unferth does become more generous after Beowulf defeats Grendel, and lends Beowulf his family sword to fight Grendel's mother. Get the entire Beowulf LitChart as a printable PDF. "My students can't get enough of your charts and their results have gone through the roof."
31 mar 2017 · The present article offers a new solution to the Unferth problem by proposing that his contradictory characterization results from the Beowulf poet’s denigration of a hero who had been represented more favorably in antecedent tradition.
The present article offers a new solution to the Unferth problem by proposing that his contradictory characterization results from the Beowulf poet’s denigration of a hero who had been ...
The characterization of Unferth is a longstanding problem in Beowulf criticism. The mixture of negative and positive qualities the poet attributes to this character has generated a wide range of conflicting and unsatisfactory interpretations.
BEOWULF AND CHRISTIAN ALLEGORY: AN INTERPRETATION OF UNFERTH. In the discussion of the Christian elements in Beowulf, it seems to have escaped the notice of scholars that the character of Unferth may provide an example of Christian allegory consciously employed by the poet.
Unferth is presented as a lesser man, a foil for the near-perfect Beowulf. (A foil is a character whose traits contrast with and thereby accentuate those of another character.)
only in Beowulf—to mark a turning point at two crucial points in the nar-rative, can hardly be a matter of coincidence. We may now return to the narrative, to the point where Beowulf has arrived in Denmark, has been introduced to Hrothgar’s court, has bested Unferth in a verbal flyting, and has reassured everyone that he means to
