VI
Beowulf
| Beowulf claims to be a single complete work | 158 |
| Want of unity: a story and a sequel | 159 |
| More unity in Beowulf than in some Greek epics. The first 2200 lines form a complete story, not ill composed | 160 |
| Homeric method of episodes and allusions in Beowulf and Waldere | 162 163 |
| Triviality of the main plot in both parts of Beowulf—tragic significance in some of the allusions | 165 |
| The characters in Beowulf abstract types | 165 |
| The adventures and sentiments commonplace, especially in the fight with the dragon | 168 |
| Adventure of Grendel not pure fantasy | 169 |
| Grendel's mother more romantic | 172 |
| Beowulf is able to give epic dignity to a commonplace set of romantic adventures | 173 |