That was really good, not the least reason being that it added some more dimensions to a character that previously only had one. It also reminds me of a theme that's been popping up in conversation for me since the school year began, and perhaps even longer before that: the pendulum effect. Sometimes, we see our flaws and move so far away from that flaw we flaw ourselves in the opposite way. If that makes sense. That logic is very prevalent here. It's a very ironic story, too. Irony is another one of those things that continues to manifest itself in life...
Also, do you think this relates at all to the maternal instinct we talked about today? The mother's actions definitely don't seem logical, at least not at first.
What we were talking about today... Well, Beowulf's mother truly loves him, and yes because she's his mother. I don't think that makes that love any less sacred though. The ultimate flaw of her is that she has to please. She doesn't know how to live for herself. Does that make sense?
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That was really good, not the least reason being that it added some more dimensions to a character that previously only had one. It also reminds me of a theme that's been popping up in conversation for me since the school year began, and perhaps even longer before that: the pendulum effect. Sometimes, we see our flaws and move so far away from that flaw we flaw ourselves in the opposite way. If that makes sense. That logic is very prevalent here. It's a very ironic story, too. Irony is another one of those things that continues to manifest itself in life...
Also, do you think this relates at all to the maternal instinct we talked about today? The mother's actions definitely don't seem logical, at least not at first.
What we were talking about today... Well, Beowulf's mother truly loves him, and yes because she's his mother. I don't think that makes that love any less sacred though. The ultimate flaw of her is that she has to please. She doesn't know how to live for herself. Does that make sense?
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