Anglo-Saxon Terms, History, Culture, and Values
2 Anglo-Saxon values promoted in Beowulf (any answers accepted)
Bravery, Reputation, Courage, Hospitality, Honor, Perseverance
Causes Grendel to attack Heorot.
What are the loud noises of victorious warriors?
True/False: There are many differing speculations on Grendel's Mother's appearance.
True
Cause for the Dragon to attack.
What is a thief steals from his horde of gold?
Anglo-Saxons were known to love this type of puzzle.
What is a riddle?
The Anglo-Saxon are estimated to have lived during this time period.
What is After Rome (approx. 410-1066)
How Beowulf kills Grendel
What is ripping his arm off?
Causes Grendel's Mother to attack the mead-hall
Vengeance for her son's death
King Beowulf's thane who stays by his side when all others flee
Who is Wiglaf?
The Anglo-Saxon burial site discovered in England.
Bonus: what kind of person was buried there (rank)?
What is Sutton Hoo?
What is a king?
The repeated sounds or letters at the beginning of each word
What is Alliteration?
Grendel's ancestry and biblical/folklore connection
What is a descendent of Cain?
In Christian folklore, Cain begat monsters for offspring.
How Grendel's Mother dies (and why it works).
What is Beowulf stabs her with a sword forged by giants?
True/False: Wiglaf thinks he and his comrades should help Beowulf fight the dragon because then they can claim the treasure.
False: he and his comrades should fight because it is their duty as Beowulf's thanes
"The Wife's Lament" is an unusual poem due to this.
What is not common to find a poem from this period written by a woman?
A consistent term that describes, modifies, or substitutes a noun in a sentence.
What is an Epithet?
The manner in which Beowulf chooses to fight Grendel.
What is without armor or sword?
Where Beowulf fights Grendel's Mother.
What is underwater?
The nature of the deaths at the end of the fight.
Beowulf and Wiglaf slay the dragon together; Beowulf stabs it with a sword.
The dragon bites Beowulf in the neck with a poison fang; Beowulf dies.
The Seafarer's internal conflict throughout his poem
He is lonely, weary, and burdened, but he loves the sea and the freedom it brings.
A descriptive noun or noun phrase that replaces usual word
What is a kenning?
Differing speculations of Grendel's appearance.
Demon, zombie, goblin, wight, muscled humanoid
Grendel's Mother kills him in her attack.
Who is Aeschere, Hrothgar's right hand man?
How Beowulf's ending is "full-circle"
The beginning of Beowulf begins with Scyld's funeral rites. The ending is Beowulf's own memorial and funeral.
Why did entertainers use these different terms of phrase? What were these entertainers called?
The SCOPS used different epithets and kennings to make the stories they told unique and interesting every time they told them.