Question

What is the significance of "Beowulf and Grendel"?

1.It is considered to be the first book published in Latin.
2.It is considered to be the first book dealing with issues unrelated to the Catholic Church.
3.It is considered one of the first works in English literature.
4.It is considered to be the first book published in the United States.

Answer 1

3.It is considered one of the first works in English literature.

Step-by-step explanation:

Beowulf is an epic poem of Old English and is certainly one of the first works in English literature. Historians agree that it was written somewhere between 975 to 1025. In this epic, Beowulf, the hero, stands for virtue, chivalry and justice while Grendel, the sea monster, is a symbol of evil. Hence, Beowulf is our first hero who fought Grendel, the devil who had unleashed terror upon the inmates of Heorot, the great hall. Both Beowulf and Grendel became the hero and villain for the generations of writers and poets to create such characters and to show how goodness and virtue win over vice and wickedness.