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Notes For Beowulf Midterm Flashcards

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Mead hall

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Large hall where the lord and warriors slept, ate and etc

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Thane

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A warrior

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Comitatus

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Escort or comrade

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This term identifies the concept of warriors and lords mutually pledging their loyalty to one another

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Comitatus

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Scop

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A bard or storyteller who is responsible for praising the deeds of past hero’s and they provide entertainment

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Generous prince

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Goldwine gumena

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Sword

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Beadoleoma

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Lord

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Beaga brytta

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Body

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Banhus

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Kennings

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A compound metaphor (2 words such as banhus= bone+house= body)

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Name the 4 kinds of an alliterative verse

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1) repetition of initial sounds
2) four beats per line
3) a pause between beats 2 and 3
4) no rhymes

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12
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Name the two kinds of poetry in Beowulf

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1) alliterative verse

2) kennings

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13
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Anglo-Saxon

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Old English

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Who do ppl think the author of Beowulf is and why do they think this?

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Ppl think that a monk was the author bc although there are Christian references in the poem, the characters and settings are pagan

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What is an example of a pagan action from Beowulf

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The warriors prayed to idols to save them from Grendel

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The poem was set in what is now_____ and _____ around the time of _________

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Sweden and Denmark

400 or 500 AD

17
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Early English people who were tribal, brave and gained honor through dying in battle

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Geats

18
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Where were the Geats located

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Northern part of England

19
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Wyrd

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Christian reference to Gods will

20
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Epic poem

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A larger than life hero and conflicts of universal importance

21
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Elegy

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A poem that is sad or mournful

22
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Homily

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A written sermon or direct advice

23
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Beowulf is written in what is now called ____ _______.

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Old English

24
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Beowulf is often called the beginning of _____ ______.

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English literature

25
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How many original copies of Beowulf do we have

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1

26
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When was Beowulf written

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700 CE

27
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Name the 3 elements of an epic poem

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1) a larger than life hero
2) the supernatural
3) elevated language style

28
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Name 3 allusions

A

Mythology
Bible
Shakespeare

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