Who you fighting Boo/ Close Readings?
No weapons.
What is the fight with Grendel?
Loyalty, Bravery, Courage.
What are the characteristics of the Heroic Code?
Setting
What is 6th Century Scandanavia?
Just notes to copy on the paper
He wants a tower to be built in his memory so that future warriors and kings can be lead by and learn from his examples?
Repetition of initial constant sounds.
What is alliteration?
A tower built in his honor.
What is the battle with the Dragon?
Classic battle.
What is good vs evil?
The ORIGINAL belief system of the Anglo Saxons.
What is Pagan / Paganism?
Throne protected by God.
Appeals to the senses.
What is imagery?
Lasted for hours.
What is the battle with Grendel's mother?
Patriarchal Lineage.
What is an example of an Epic characteristic?
The people who told the stories of the heroes in the mead halls.
Who are the Scops?
On the wall.
Where is the only thing that can kill Grendel's mother?
"Beowulf uttered his final boast..."
What is an example of the foreshadowing of the end of Beowulf's life?
Wiglaf
What was the battle with the Dragon?
Political structure when a king secures loyalty from warriors
What is an example of heroic code?
Years from notes that the time period lasted.
What is 449-1066?
Guy who stayed.
Who is Wiglaf?
Greed, Revenge, Anger/Jealousy
What are the symbols that the monsters represent?
A dichotomy occurred at the end. Light vs Dark.
What was the battle with Grendel's mother?
“All the graybeards whispered together”
Heroic Code
The names of the three Germanic tribes that invaded Britain.
Who are the Jutes, Angles and Saxons?
How each battle was fought (weapons), what each monster was symbolic of, and trophy from each battle.
What is:
Grendel- no weapons, jealousy and anger, claw/arm
Grendel's mother: weapons- sword from wall, revenge, Grendel's head.
Dragon- weapons, greed, tower in Beo's memory.
Shepard of Evil, Guardian of Crime
Who is Grendel and what is a kenning?