Postive Values
Negative Values
Biblical Postives
Biblical Negatives
Examples from Beowulf
100
This quote is an example of which value? "The Danes gave up, left the lake and went home, Hrothgar with them. The Geasts stayed, sat sadly, watching, Imagining they saw their lord but not believing they would ever see him again."
Loyalty
100
Which Anglo-Saxon value is shown with this quote? "Although one monster has died, another still lives. From her lair in a cold and murky lake, where she has been brooding over her loss, Grendel's mother emerges, bent on revenge."
Revenge
100
What biblical values are presented in lines 83-85 "Though he lived in Herot, when the night hid him, he never dared to touch king Hrothgar's glorious throne, protected by God--God"?
The belief that God chooses the leader.
100
What do we see in the story that can often be confused with God's will?
Fate
100
What is an example from the story that showed generosity/hospitality?
“But to table, Beowulf, a banquet in your honor: Let ustoast your victories and talk of the future. Then Hrothgar’s men gave places tothe Geats, yielded benches to the brave visitors and led them to the feast.”
200
Which anglo-saxon value is shown with this quote? "I’ve never known fear, as a youth I fought in endless battles. I am old, now, but I will fight again, seek fame still, if the dragon hiding in his tower dares to face me.”
Nobility
200
Which Anglo-Saxon value is shown in this quote? "Then the Geats' brave prince entered Herot, covered with glory for the daring Battles he had fought; he sought Hrothgar to salute him and show Grendel's head."
Love of Glory
200
What belief is presented in lines 564-568 "Eternal Lord loosens invisible Fetters and unwinds icicles and frost as only He can, he who rules Time and seasons, He who is truly God"?
God is in complete control of people's lives.
200
What does Proverbs 23:20 tell us the people in Beowulf were doing wrong?
eating and drinking too much
200
What is an example from the story that showed pride?
“They have seen my strength for themselves, have watched merise from the darkness of war, dripping with my enemies’ blood. I drove fivegreat giants into chains, chased all of that race from the earth. I swam in theblackness of the night, hunting monsters out of the ocean, and killing them oneby one.”
300
Which anglo-saxon value does this quote show? "In herot, when the night hid him, he never dared to touch king Hrothgar's glorious Throne, protected by God-God, whose love Grendel could not know."
Faith in God
300
Which Anglo-Saxon value is shown with this quote? "The reassures they'd taken were left there, too, silver and jewels buried in the sandy ground, back in the earth, again, and forever hidden and useless to men."
Materialism
300
What biblical value does Proverbs 19:21 present to us?
"Many are the plans in the plans in the mind of man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand." This verse tells us that God is in control of everything that happens.
300
In Beowulfs last boast he says that he will seek something still, what is that?
Fame
300
What quote illustrates the belief that all the moves of men are in God's hand?
Lines 842-846 "He could not. No one could have kept life in their lord's body, or turned aside the Lord's will: world and men and all move as he orders, And always have, and always will."
400
Which Anglo-Saxon value is shown with this quote? "And only one of them remained, stood there, miserable, remembering, as a good man must, what kinship should mean."
Kinship
400
Which Anglo-Saxon value does this quote show? "He carried that terrible trophy by the hair, brought it straight to where the danes sat, drinking, the queen among them."
Gluttony
400
hat is the biblical value presented in lines 805-809 "For this, this gold, these jewels, I thank our father in Heaven, Ruler of the Earth--for all of this, that His grace has given me, allowed me to bring to my people while breath still came to my lips"?
All credit is given to God.
400
How does beowulfs super-human ability go against christianity?
It was not God-given
400
What quote in Beowulf illustrates that all credit belongs to God?
Lines 581-582 "He and all his glorious band of Geats thanked God that their leader had come back unharmed;"
500
Which Anglo-Saxon value is shown with this quote? "He leaped into the lake, would not wait for anyone's anser; the heaving water covered him over. For hours he sank through the waves; at last he saw the mud of the bottom."
Bravery
500
Which Anglo-Saxon value does this quote show? "Whose love Grendel could not know. But Hrothgar's heart was bent. The best and most noble of his council debated remedies, sat in secret sessions, talking of terror and wondering what the bravest of warriors could do. And sometimes they sacrificed to the old stone gods, Made heathen vows, hoping for Hell's supports, the the Devil's guidance in driving their affliction off."
Faith in pagan gods
500
What value does Colossians 3:17 point out?
Whatever you do, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
500
what characteristic of Beowulf is harmful to himself?
his pride
500
What is an example of the Anglo-Saxon value of Fame in the poem Beowulf?
"Here, at the water's edge, high on this spot of land, so sailors can see this tower, and remember my name and call it Beowulf's tower, and boats in the darkness and mist, crossing the sea, will know it."
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