TED-Ed
Beowulf's three bloodiest battles - Iseult Gillespie
2025 • E27 Apr 3, 2025 6m
An epic written in Old English, “Beowulf” is known for its haunting monsters, dream-like language, and paranoid perspective, where violent threats are always waiting on the fringes of society. The action follows Beowulf, a prince of Geats, who travels to aid a kingdom in freeing itself from a monster’s reign of terror. Why is this poem considered a classic? Iseult Gillespie traces the hero’s tale.
Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by Raghav Arumugam, Jagriti Khirwar.
Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by Raghav Arumugam, Jagriti Khirwar.