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1) The film character Beowulf is much older and alone in this story because he is described as some kind of immortal. Rather than just being a warrior with a great reputation from another kingdom as he was in the original text, in the film he is the son of some kind of god. Beowulf relates the story of his conception to Kyra in the film, saying that his mother had been drawn to a man she had found in some kind of cave or hole, and he had impregnated her. This man was believed to be the god of the dead (or something of that sort) and his son, Beowulf, was thus a cursed being. Beowulf said that the only way that he could keep himself from becoming evil was to fight evil as much as possible. Because of the fact that he had to continually travel to new places in search of evil beings to fight, he felt that solitude was necessary. This way he would not place someone that he cared about in unnecessary danger. The reason that he appears older than one would expect is probably because the......

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