Beowulf: An Epic Poem
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Mood
The Mood is
the atmosphere or emotional effect generated by the words, images, situations in a literary work.
The Mood of Beowulf is
shifting but typically enthusiastic about Beowulf's victories with a sense of doom surrounding the events taking place.
Setting
The Setting is
a combination of the locale, historical background, season, or hour, and spiritual, ethnic and cultural background.
The Setting of Beowulf is
Heorot, Danes around 500 A.D. which is current day Roskilde, Denmark.
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