Beowulf is not in anyway selfish in his desire for fame. This is because Beowulf has risked his life on several diffrent occasions in order to save Herot from Both Grendel and Grendel's mother. Beowilf's unselfishness is truly testified when he ventrues deep into the swamp where Grendel's mother lives in order to kill her and save Herot. In addition, Beowulf is not even protecting his home land fro mevil. He is risking his life in order to save a foriegn land of Herot from evil when Beowulf lives in Geatland.
It is clear that Beowilf would be willing to risk his life in order to achieve eternal fame. This is because Beowulf mentions that, ("fame after death is noblest of goals." lines 1388-89.) Beowulf believes that risking your life in order to save a group of people is the ultimate achievement. A person who was selfish about fame woud not in anyway want to risk themselves to order to save people from a foriegn country.

The second book cover is the best one for The Fifth Child. This is because on the cover, there is a picture of Ben who is mimicking the image of a monster. Ironically, this is the same way that Ben is viewed by hsi family due to his mental disabilities. The cover also depicts Ben as being somewhat of an unwanted character in the story. This is done by showing Ben in a "scary" fashion being crouched over as if he is about to do something very unwanted. For example, Harriet, the mother of Ben, mentions in the novel, "It'll be alright if we are careful never to leave Amy alone with Ben." This clearly shows that the family does not trust Ben in anyway and views him as an unwanted prescence in their family.

It is very true that Frankenstein is a story suitable for ages and that the monster character of Frankenstein is a very recognizable figure in both literture and in movies with the work Hollywood has done with the novel. I also think it is interesting how Universal Home Video is repackaging the monster movie with double-features all on one DVD. In addition, Mel Brooks' idea of the "Young Frankenstein" movie version to be put onto Broadway would be a very entertaining thing to see.

My opinion of Frankenstein so far is that it deserves the title of being the first and best horror story ever. This is because Mary Shelley made up an incredibly unique story line about someone wanting to mimick the role of god by trying to create a being of their own. What makes it more interesting is that that being begings to have desires of its own and it pushes Victor to building him a female companion.
Also, I think it is an intersting concept on how Mary Shelley made it so that Victor begins to regret his creation when the creature he created turns out to be evil. Frankenstein is a very original story and is a very susenseful horror story.