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The Battle of Maldon
Title: The Battle of Maldon
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1043 | Pages: 4.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Battle of Maldon
Selfishness or Sacrifice at
The Battle of Maldon
“’Purpose shall be firmer, heart the keener, courage shall be more, as our might lessens.’”1
These famous lines from the poem The Battle of Maldon introduce a theme which depicts how Englishmen in the Middle Ages perceived life, death and what can be seen as their most prized possession of all, heroism. The idea that as strength is depleted, the combatants’ hearts will grow with determination, is …showed first 75 words of 1043 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1043 total…retreat. Their only consolation is to attain a view that because the death occurs in battle it will be remembered as glorious.
Possibly grief for their fallen leader, anger toward the Vikings and rage in battle led the English warriors to death without excellence. It is only the poet who lifts these men up from their ordinariness to provide them their hero’s death.
Bibliography
The Norton Anthology of English Literature Volume One
Pages 72 to 75
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