Quotes and Questions
Lines 2729-2732
"Now I should wish to give my war-gear / to my son, if there had been such, / flesh of my flesh, if fate had granted me / any heir."
Lines 2813-2816
"You are the last survivor of our lineage, / the Waegmundings; fate has swept away / all of my kinsmen, earls in their courage, / to their final destiny; I must follow them."
Beowulf recognizes that his lineage has been almost completely decimated and yet he produced no children. Do you think he regrets this decision, or that he didn't see it as his responsibility? Was he too blinded by fame and glory to see this as an issue?
"Now I should wish to give my war-gear / to my son, if there had been such, / flesh of my flesh, if fate had granted me / any heir."
Lines 2813-2816
"You are the last survivor of our lineage, / the Waegmundings; fate has swept away / all of my kinsmen, earls in their courage, / to their final destiny; I must follow them."
Beowulf recognizes that his lineage has been almost completely decimated and yet he produced no children. Do you think he regrets this decision, or that he didn't see it as his responsibility? Was he too blinded by fame and glory to see this as an issue?
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