What are your thoughts on the Wife of Bath?

How would you characterize the Wife of Bath? Would you be friends with her? Would you want her as your mother? How “Christian” do you think she is?

Beowulf as the Archetypal Hero

How does Beowulf compare to the other heroes we've discussed this year? Does the character fit the characteristics of an archetypal hero (see handout)? How does Beowulf follow in the tradition of our Greek heroes? Where does he diverge?