Beowulf is an Anglo-Saxon epic, but it is clearly also a Christian epic insofar as the anonymous author frames the conflict in terms of a battle between good and evil, and sets that furthermore in a Biblical framework.
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Great lesson, thank you!
At 41:45 the sound cut out for the rest of the lecture. I was really enjoying that.
Mentioned already but sound cut out. At 41ish min mark.
Ive been thinking through evil as a concept. From LOtR: evil seems to be analogous to a fire. A flame may start a fire but there comes a point that the flame is sustained through the heat in the coals. Though the flame is snuffed the residual heat means the danger isnt over. And so the idea of the spirit of anrichrist in the world sparks many antichrists to emerge – though you overcome one, another can rise when the winds blow a certain way.
Also Samwise and Faramir seem able to ignore the rings provocation to lust. Do you think this is because they represent true servanthood or true duty?