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10. In paragraph 3, how does the author explain the combination of old and new that is found in the
Beowulf story?
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a. He points out that the multiple updates subsequent writers have given Beowulf has made it
much more of a modern text than an ancient one.
b. He implies that translators (other than himself have so distorted the original text that it now
has a strange newness that negates the original author's intent.
c. He explains that, while Beowulf is an old and familiar text, its haunting mythical elements give it
a sense of strangeness and newness for the reader.
d. He considers the original text stagnant and stale, which requires readers to add elements of
their own experience to modernize it.
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c. He explains that, while Beowulf is an old and familiar text, its haunting mythical elements give it a sense of strangeness and newness for the reader.