discuss “revenge,” refine the meaning of that term from several angles, e.g.: cultural, historical, literary, psychological, military, etc. Focus explicitly on the way you define the thematic concepts, and then seek after points of comparison and contrast: so, in terms of revenge, how is Beowulf’s violence against Grendel similar or different to Dante’s “violence” toward the damned he encounters further down in the Inferno? I

For your final exam, I would like you to write about three to five common themes found in the works...