Beowulf

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Beowulf author

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Anonymous

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It’s composed in present day:

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Great Britain

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This story is told by

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A singer of tales

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the singer of tales is known as

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gleeman or scop

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Center stage tribes are

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Danes and the Geats

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Danes and the geats are from

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Scandinavia

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It is believed that the character of 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 scribe 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 example of

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The ancient epic

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This poem predates_______and includes_______ elements

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Christianity
Christian

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These christian elements would teach readers

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About the power of god

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Cadence

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Rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words

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Slay

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To kill violently

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Foil

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

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Embodiment

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Person, being, or thing embodying a spirit, principle. Idea, abstraction, etc.

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Prologue

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

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Canto

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One of the sections or division of a long poem

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Scop

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

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Scribe

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A person whose profession is writing down or copying manuscripts

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Kenning

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An imaginative compound used in place of an ordinary noun

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Caesura

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A mayor pause in a line of poetry

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Wyrd

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Fate or destiny
Idea that all events are predetermined and cannot be changed

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Influence by the Norse understanding of death and the afterlife

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Wyrd

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The conflicts between____ and ______ were a major theme in Norse Mythology

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Geats and Danes

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Geats and Danes Known as Germanic tribes due to their

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Skull in warfare

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“Germani” means

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Spear or lanes They also are called this die to their location

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Norse Mythology

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

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Norse Mythology focuses on

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Gods and goddesses

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Gods and goddesses

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Freya Odin Thor Loki Hela Boulder

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The universe is divided into

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9 realms

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Some Realms

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Asgard Midgard Helheim Ragnarök

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Asgard

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Real of the gods

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Midgard

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Realm of humans

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Helheim

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Real of dead

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Ragnarök

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Prophesized 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

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Description of Hrothgar

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Ambitious Great Leader and Warrior Fair, generous, humble, respected, followed Descendant of Shild

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Builds Herot

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Hrothgar

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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 heavens. The happiest place and safest of dwellings

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Grendel

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Powerful monster that hated the sound of joy

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Description of Grendel

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Monster, Demon, fiend Made his home in a hell Spawned from a slime Descendant of Cain He was exiled to 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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Hrothgar closest friend and advisor that Grendel’s mother kills in revenge for his sons death

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Edgethos

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Beowulf father

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Wiglaf

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One of Beowulf’s good soldiers, Wextans son

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Two settings

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Herot (Denmark) Geatland (Sweden)

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Herot

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Denmark land of Danes, their king is Hrothgar

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Geatland

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Sweden Land of the Geats, their king is Beowulf, then wiglafs becomes king

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Simile

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Compares Uses like or as

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Metaphor

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Directly compares two things

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Hyperbole

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Exaggerating

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Beowulf asks Wiglaf

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to build him a tomb in the form of a tower, build it high on the water's edge so that other sailors can see the tower and remember beowulf

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Beowulf had been fighting monsters since

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he was a young boy.

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Personification

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human qualities, emotions, or actions are attributed to non-human objects, animals,

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Kennings: when their shield and protector leaves

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Beowulf

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Kenning: blade, the beast came closer, both of them where ready

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Dragon

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Kenning: the Geats proud prince

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Beouwulf

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Kenning: And all at one the greedy she wolf

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Grendel’s mother

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Kenning: Sorrow heaped at his door by hell-forged hands

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Grendel

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Kenning: He greeted the Danes' great lord

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Hrothgar

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Kenning : Grasped at a strong-hearted wakeful sleeper

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Beowulf

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Kenning: Taut throat, hell's captive caught in the arms

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Grendel

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How will Beowulf fight with Grendel?

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Beowulf fought Grendel with his bare hands.

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What was the trophy of the first battle?

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The trophy was Grendel's arm, claw and shoulder.

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What were the trophies of the second battle?

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The trophies were the jeweled hilt and Grendel's head.

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What are the two settings of the poem?

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Herot and Geatland