Beowulf: epic or not?
T he exact time and place of the composition of Beowulf are under a continuous argument, rather no one is evident about the composition of Beowulf or its source. Many scholars and poets claimed for Beowulf to be published in Germany and later drawn to England by German invaders. There have been many arguments formed regarding Beowulf to be an epic or not, but there is no room for denial that it lacks in certain qualities that we find in epics like Iliad or Odyssey . Still, we cannot entirely repudiate that Beowulf has some epic qualities which makes it an epic. B eowulf has possessed one of the greatest qualities of an epic such as the unity of design. Though, its plot does not reflect the unity of design like Milton's Paradise Lost or Odyssey. The first part of the epic poet has demonstrated a fine representation of the unity of design as we have gone through all the eventual incidents involvin...