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Beowulf Flashcards

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From Beowulf by

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Anonymous

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Beowulf was composed in

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Present day Great Britain

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This story was told by

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A singer of tales, known as gleeman or scop

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Center stage tribes are the

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Danes and the Geats from Scandinavia

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It is believed the character Beowulf once

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Existed

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The poem was written by a

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Scribe with many errors

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The active included many

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Christian references to the poem

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Beowulf is a

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Pagan tale/poem

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Beowulf remains the first surviving

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Example of the ancient epic

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This poem predates _______ and includes ________ ________ that would teach readers about the ______ of ______

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Christianity
Christian elements
power of god

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Rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words

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Cadence

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To kill violently

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Slay

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A character whose traits contrast with and therefore highlights traits of another character

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Foil

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Person, being, or thing embodying a spirit, principle, idea, abstraction, etc

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Embodiment

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preface or introduction to a literary work. It provides background information about the story or characters

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Prologue

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one of the sections or divisions of a long poem.

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Canto

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songs, stories or poems; his performance was a history lesson, moral sermon and
pep talk.

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Scop

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A person whose profession is writing down or copying manuscript.

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Scribe

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an imaginative compound used in place of an ordinary noun.

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Kenning

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a mayor pause in a line of poetry.

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Caesura

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Beowulf talked about _ Scandinavian tribes that are at war with eachother

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Geats and Danes

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Geats

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  • From southern Sweden
  • Warriors and sailors
  • Known for their fierce independent spirit
  • Skillful in warfare
  • Believed in wyrd or fate
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fate or destiny, idea that all events are predetermined and cannot be changed. Influence by the Norse understanding of death and the afterlife

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Wyrd

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Danes

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  • From Denmark
  • Warriors and sailors
  • Known for their fierce and independent spirit
  • Skillful in warfare
  • Believed in wyrd or fate
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The conflicts between Geats and Danes were a

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Major theme in Norse mythology

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These were known as

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Germanic tribes due to their skill in warfare

They also are called this die to their location.

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Means spear or lanes

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Germani

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collection of myths and legends that originated among the Germanic peoples from Northern Europe, their stories were passed down orally.

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Norse mythology

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29
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Focuses on gods and goddesses:

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➔ Freya
➔ Odin
➔ Thor
➔ Loki
➔ Hela
➔ Boulder

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The universe is divided into 9 realms, including

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Asgard
Midgard
Helheim
Ragnarök

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Asgard

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Realm of the gods

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Midgard

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Realm of the humans

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Helheim

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Realm of the dead

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Ragnarök

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Prophesied apocalyptic event that would bring about the destruction of the world and death of many gods and creatures

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Beowulf

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Main character

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Hrothgar

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King of the Danes
Descendant of Shild, a past King of the Danes
Ambitious
Great leader and warrior
Fair, generous, humble, respected, followed

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What did Hrothgar build

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Herot

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Herot

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a hall on an important place for Anglo-Saxon culture

where the King and his warriors gathered for social, political and ceremonial activities

It reached the heavens.

It was the happiest and safest of dwellings

39
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Grendel

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powerful monster that hated the sound of joy.
Monster, demon, fiend
Made his home in a hell
Spawned from a slime
Descendant of Cain
He was exiled with other people

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Wulfgar

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Servant of Hrothgar

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Higlac

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Past king of the Geats, Beowulfs uncle

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Grendel’s mother

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monster, violent, vengeful.
Obsessed with Grendel’s death,
miserable, female horror
, lived in a murky and cold lake, greedy

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Aeschere

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Hrothgars closets friend and advisor that Grendel’s mother kills in revenge for her sons death

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Edgethos

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Beowulf’s father

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Wiglaf

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One of beowulfs good soldiers, Wextans son

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Setting

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Herot: Denmark, land of the Danes, their king is Hrothgar

Geatland: Sweden, land of the Geats, their king is Beowulf, then Wiglaf becomes king

47
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How will Beowulf fight Grendel ?

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Beowulf will fight with Grendel with his bare hands, no weapons because he thinks Higlac will think less of him if he uses any weapons.

48
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What was the trophy of the first battle?

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The trophies of the first battle was Grendel’s severed arm, claw, shoulder, and all

49
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What were the trophies of the second battle?

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The trophies of the second battle were the jeweled hilt and Grendel’s head.

50
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What are the two settings of the poem?

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The two settings of the poem are Herot and Geatland.

51
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After defeating Grendel Beowulf was rewarded with

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Armor
Horses
Weapons

52
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What did Queen Wlethow rice Beowulf

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Corselet
Rings
Collar

53
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What does Beowulf bring to defeat Grendel’s mother

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Helmet
Mail shirt
Sword named Hruting (he borrows it from one of Hrothgars men)

54
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What was useless in the fight against Grendel mother

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The sword and his helmet

55
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Beowulf as king

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Old and wise
Refused the throne twice
He held the throne for 50 years

56
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What does he use to finally defeat Grendel’s mother

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A sword harmed by giants

57
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The geats ring giver

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Beowulf

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Dragon

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Brought terror to Geatland
- Slept in a stone tower with a hidden path beneath

59
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What did the dragon guard

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The jewels and the treasures

60
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What made the dragon attacks Gwatland

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A man stole a gem- stuffed cup

61
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The 3 conflicts in Beowulf

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Grendel terrorizes Herit
Grendel’s mother terrorizes Herot
The dragon terrorizes Geatland

62
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2 settings

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Herot- Denmark - Danes- King Hrothgar

Geatland- Sweden- Geats- King Beowulf- king wiglaf

63
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How will Beowulf be fighting in his last battle? Why won’t he use his hands as he did with Grendel

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He will use a sword, shield and armor
He won’t use his hands as he did with Grendel because the beasts breath will be burning hot, poison

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What did Beowulf ask of wiglsd

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Yo build him a tomb, at the waters edge, high, so sailors can see the tower and remember it and call it Beowulfs tower

65
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What did Beowulf give wiglaf

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Necklace around his throat, gold covered helmet, his rings, his mail shirts ordered him to use them well

66
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Beowulf is qualified to fight Grendel because?

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  1. He has risen from the darkness of war
  2. He drove off 5 giants into chain and chased them off earth
  3. He swam in the darkness of night, hunting monsters out of the ocean, killing them one by one
67
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Where were Beowulf’s ashes placed

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Within the walls of his tomb

68
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Where did they bury Beowulf treasure

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Underground so no other men could touch it

69
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What happened to Britains body

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The men built a pyre of fire to burn Beowulf body

70
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How did Beowulf die

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The dragon drove its tusk into his neck

grew. He felt something stirring and burning in his veins, it was
venom form the beast’s fangs. Beowulf was dying, he dropped down.

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