Monsters & Heroes
Beowulf fought this many monsters.
What is three?
Name three "to be" verbs.
"Beowulf" was originally delivered in this format.
What is orally?
What is 12 years?
What is alliteration?
This Biblical character is Grendel's ancestor.
Who is Cain?
These can be linking OR helping verbs.
What are "to be" verbs?
Who are monks?
Beowulf removes this part of the first monster he encounters in the Mead Hall.
What is Grendel's arm?
This compound noun acts as a metaphor, often found in Anglo Saxon and Old English.
What is a kenning?
Grendel's Mother lives here.
Linking verbs describe this kind of being.
What is a STATE of being?
What is Old English?
Beowulf came back from the fight with Grendel's mother with these two things.
What is Grendel's head and/or the large enchanted jeweled sword?
"Slash" and "boom!" are examples of this literary element.
What is onomatopoeia?
He was made king of the Geats by Beowulf before the former king's fateful death.
Who is Wiglaf?
Name a linking verb that is NOT a "to be" verb.
What are...
appear
look
act
feel
Beowulf as a character exhibited the qualities of this kind of enduring character found throughout our cultural consciousness and literature.
What is the archetypal hero?
Beowulf was not accepted in Hrothgar's court by this character and called out for his prior "failing" by him.
Who is Unferth?
Onomatopoeia uses this sense to emphasize things in word form.
What is sound?
What is Beowulf's shield/sword?
Name 8 helping verbs that are not "to be" verbs.
have, has, had, do, does, did, may, might, must, can, could, should, would, will, shall
"Beowulf" as a story contains many of these kind of influences and is helped by a certain entity AND FATE throughout the story thanks to the influence of its original writers.
What are Christian influences and help by God?
This abandoned Beowulf in his fight against the dragon.
What is fate?
"Then he saw/The mighty water witch, and swung his sword" is an example of this kind of literary element.
What is a kenning?