The primary goal was to kill his enemy.
According to beowulf, after killing Grendel's mother (modo in Old English) with an ancient sword that he had found He beheaded her. He cut her head off to present it to Hrothgar who was the king of Spears-Danes.
The connotative meaning of the word "heart" is passion. Unlike denotative meaning, which is the literal meaning of a word as defined in a dictionary, connotative meaning is the meaning that depends on the emotional context. So, a heart has one connotation when we speak about a surgery, and a totally different connotation when we talk about a broken heart, for example.
In this poem, the speaker tells us how "they" coerce a man to give all of his being to the political cause that he might or might not believe in. In the aforementioned line, the man has to give his breast, heart, and shoulders - his soul, passion, and strength, therefore everything he has, as if it were a commodity.
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No, People are criticized all of the time about their garments(which is silly in my opinion). I, however, have never. I just don'y pay it any mind.
Your thesis statement: <span> Even though constructive criticism is helpful to some people, judging people about their clothes is wrong. Judging people hurts their feelings and bullying can cause lifelong problems.</span>
