Vocabulary
A comparison of two unlike things that does not use like or as.
What is a metaphor?
Giving human characteristics to non-human things.
What is personification?
This begins both character's journeys into the unknown.
What is exile?
Beowulf's home country.
What is Geatland?
Beowulf's driving cause.
What is honor?
A larger-than-life figure, who puts his skill and power against a force of evil.
What is an epic hero?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
This figure is prevalent within both poems.
Who is God?
This man was Beowulf's ancestor, and committed the first murder.
Who is Cain?
These people invaded England in the 8th - 12th centuries.
Who are the Vikings.
An extra pause within the lines of a poem, often marked by a double space or //.
What is a caesura?
This occurs when one text references another.
What is allusion?
This theme is heavily present within both poems.
What is grief
The trophy that Beowulf keeps from his fight with Grendel.
What is Grendel's arm / claw?
These were places where great celebrations were held.
What are mead-halls?
The hero receives help from a God or another supernatural force.
What is divine intervention?
These are regularly used phrases that make no sense when taken literally.
What are idioms?
These are the speakers within "The Wanderer"
Who are the narrator and the wanderer?
Beowulf's final request to Wiglaf.
What is Beowulf's tower?
Saint Augustine reintroduced this to the English people.
These actions demonstrate the hero’s courage, strength, or virtue and make up the majority of the action in the epic.
What are valorous deeds.
This is a phrase used to replace a concrete noun, such as pig-skin.
What is a kenning?
Why do the character continue to venture into the world?
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How does Beowulf survive the magnificent battles?
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This was invented in the year 1476.
What is the printing press?