Beowulf

So, I'm up really late again (actually it's only late now, really late is the time after four and before 6, the time that I am usually up until) and I'm reading Beowulf for Brit Lit WHILE watching the Republican National Convention. And I'm realizing how apt a metaphor this is for the upcoming election. Of course, Barack Obama is Beowulf, wielding Hrunting, the divine sword that MOSTLY works which he will use to cut down Grendel, who of course is represented by John McCain. Grendel's Mother is probably Bush and the Republican Party itself is pry that dragon at the end. I can't decide who Sarah Palin, though.