STEP 1 An extract from Tolkien's 'Beowulf: the Monsters and the Critics'
Read the introduction and the passage from Tolkien's 'Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics' and decide if the statements are true or false.
A: Northern mythology, exemplified by Beowulf, gives monstrous figures a marginal role.
B: The monsters allow the Beowulf poet to explore the theme of valour and heroism.
C: The text suggests that the ultimate goal of human existence, as portrayed in Beowulf, is to achieve immortality.
D: Beowulf is characterised as a purely pagan poem without any Christian influences.
E: The poem affirms the value of human courage in a hostile universe, even in the face of inevitable death.
F: The monsters in Northern mythology are the enemies both of God and man.