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Explain how the themes of envy and revenge are addressed in the epic Beowulf.

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Explain how the themes of envy and revenge are addressed in the epic Beowuld

What we see in the type of envy that exists among many heroic figures in the poem is an element is what many theorists calls "agonistic". The revenge is placed in Beowuld because its the relationship between vengence and heroism.

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