Read Beowulf poemlines ed. and trans. Benjamin Slade and answer the following in 450 words Poem
What is the irony of Beowulf's thanking god that he can leave the treasure for his people?
What do the Geats do with the treasure?
What is the vision of the future of the "Geatish woman" who mourns Beowulf?
What are the implications of the gold being "as useless to men as it was before." (3168)?