"Beowulf" by Raffel, Burton: "Good is Superior to Evil"

It has once been said, "Good is all that serves life, and evil is all that serves death. Good is reverence for life...and all that enhances life. Evil is all that stifles life, narrows it down, and cuts it to pieces" (Emily Coombs). This statement is true in every piece of writing or shows where there is a dispute among good and evil. Good versus evil is a theme that is very eye catching …

…therefore, Beowulf is popular among many people because of its symbolism and imagery of how good conquers evil. The whole poem itself is proof to the fact that if the bad exists then the good must exist, but the bad does not have a long life span because the good is always ready to be a brick wall, standing in the way of the progression of the bad. Bibliography Raffel, Burton, trans. Beowulf. New York, 1963