The relationship between the narrator andthe story, and between the narrator and the audience, in Beowulf?
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http://www.google.com/search?q=beowulf+narrator+audience&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7SUNA, especially http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-beowulf/style.html
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/beowulf/
Be sure to read the section called Context.
Be sure to read the section called Context.