... to God, and avoidance of pride. There are 18 many contrasts, for example, water and fire, youth and old age, life and death, rise and fall of nations and individuals, friendship and desertion ... Hrothgar and Queen 24 Wealhtheow, and of the joy and feasting and story-telling in Heorot. The picture of Wealhtheow passing the mead cup to the warriors with her own hand is a noble one, and ... literature? English literature is literature written in English. The term “English” in “English literature refers not to a nation but to language. It does not focus on literature of England...