The essay is about Beowulf.
what modern-day fear or anxiety do you think the Beowulf author might monastery if he were
writing a Beowulf-type story today? What would the monster be likewould it be the same monster
but with a different meaning? A monster drawn from our existing repertoire of science fiction and
horror literature and film? A totally new type of monster? And what would our epic hero who fought
him be likeOur Old English Beowulf in modern clothes, or someone with different heroic
characteristics?