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How is the theme "education of a king" established and developed in the poem "Beowulf"?

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Posted by jamiee6235 on November 22, 2009 at 8:42 AM and tagged with beowulf, education of a king

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I'm assuming that you have finished the poem, so you know that Beowulf becomes king of the Geats in the last third of the text.  If you are working with the idea of education, you need to...

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Posted by archteacher on November 23, 2009 at 11:21 AM

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