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The Epic Hero
Culturally significant
Modern English
100
Son of Edgetho
Who is Beowulf?
100
First monster Beowulf fights
Who is Grendel?
100
Weapons Beowulf uses to kill Grendel
What are his hands (no weapons)
100
The Romans introduced this religion
What is Christianity?
100
A literary device that uses repetition of consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
200
Danish king who asks for Beowulf's help
Who is Hrothgar?
200
Second monster Beowulf fights
Who is Grendel's mother?
200
The man who inherited Beowulf's armor and throne.
Who is Wiglaf?
200
Pagans believe this value controls their lives.
What is fate?
200
A figurative, usually compound, expression used to describe something.
What is a kenning?
300
Only member of Beowulf's army to help him against the dragon
Who is Wiglaf?
300
Third monster that Beowulf fights
What is the dragon?
300
The reason why Beowulf wants a tower built for him
What is glory; have people be reminded of his famous deeds
300
Literary and historic time period of this poem.
What is Anglo-Saxon?
300
A pause in a line to express emphasis; usually between two alliterative words.
What is a caesura?
400
Hrothgar's queen, whose speeches are mostly tragic.
Who is Welthow?
400
Hildeburh, Hnaf's sister, is married to this king
Who is Finn?
400
What sport, in which Beowulf matched up with Brecca, did Unferth claim was untrue?
What is swimming
400
A long narrative that recounts the exploits of a heroic figure from legend or religion in formal language.
What is an epic poem?
400
An adjective or a brief phrase to characterize a person, place, or thing
What is an epithet?
500
Higlac's wife, Hareth's daughter
Who is Higd?
500
Dane who questions Beowulf's abilities before he fights Grendel
Who is Unferth?
500
When Beowulf died, he was placed on top of one of these.
What is a funeral pyre?
500
The Anglo-Saxon code that states that one must pay for a death with gold or their lives
What is wergild?
500
A story that begins "in the middle of things."
What is in medias res?
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