Grammar check

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Grammar check

• No Anglo Saxon poem is more better known then
  Beowulf, the story of a warrior.
• Composed by an unknown poet that lived 1,200
  years ago, this epic marks the beginning of
  British Literature

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Beginnings of British Literature
Songs and poems by scops
Communal banquet hall
Keepers of tribal history
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Beowulf
Earliest English story c. 700
Epic poem a long, narrative (storytelling) poem
that recounts, in grave and stately language,
the achievements of a hero who usually embodies
his civilizations ideals.
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What makes a hero?

• Special circumstances surrounding his/her birth
• Special qualities revealed in his/her youth
• Has a tragic flaw/weakness

Superman was born on Krypton
Super strength used to save Pa on the farm
Kryptonite
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What makes a hero?

• Status/place is challenged
• Goes on a quest
• Heroic death

Lex Luther tries to kill Superman
Superman goes to the ???
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Beowulf Geat (Sweden)
Beowulf Bear (Germanic languages)
Hrothgar king of the Danes builder of Herot
Welthow Hrothgars wife and queen
Unferth Hrothgars chief spokesman
Wiglaf Beowulfs kinsman
Grendel - monster
Sea Hag Grendels mother
Dragon last monster Beowulf faces
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Literary terms to know

• Kenning
• Caesura

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Prologue

• What is the purpose of a prologue?

Listen to prologue
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Episode 1

• Grendel
• Beowulf
• Hrothgar

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Episode 2

• What happens?

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Episode 2

• Contrast to Episode 1

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Good vs Evil
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Episode 2

• What is significant about the attack in the mead
  hall?
• Why did the coast guard allow Beowulf to pass?

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Episode 3

• What was owed to whom?
• What was Beowulf challenge?

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Episode 3

• What is the significance of Beowulfs boasting?
• What did Beowulf wish to gain?

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Homeworkhttp//lnstar.com/literature/beowulf/

• Create ten kennings for everyday people, places,
  or things.
• How is the act of killing the same and different
  for Grendel and Beowulf.
• Yellow book page 141, questions 1b - 4b

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Fate

• Do you think it rules the world, or is there a
  higher power that governs what happens to whom?

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Questions

• How does Hrothgar know of Beowulf?
• What information does Beowulfs greeting to
  Hrothgar include? Why is this important?
• What are the activities of the feast?
• Why does Unferth taunt Beowulf?
• What is Beowulfs response?
• How does Welthow react to Beowulf?

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• Why does Beowulf meet Grendle bare-handed?
• How might Grendels attack be described?
• Why are the Geats weapons useless when the run
  to Beowulfs aid?
• What is done with the prize of battle?

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Episode 4

• Describe the battle between Beowulf and Grendel

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Warm up

• If Beowulf, Grendel, and Hrothgar won
  superlatives for the yearbook, what would each
  character win?

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Episode 5

• With what was Beowulf rewarded?

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Episode 6 Part Two

• Where did Grendels mother live?
• Archetypes??
• Who did she kill and why? (Symbolically)

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Episode 7

• What did Beowulf ask of Hrothgar?
• What attacked Beowulf?
• What happened with Beowulfs sword? What did he
  do then?

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Episode 8

• What happened to the sword?
• What was Hrothgars advice on being a good
  warrior?

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Quiz today
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Episode 9 11 quiz

• Beowulf becomes king of ______________ after
  defeating Grendels mother. He was king for
  ______ years when a thief ______
• ___________________________________.
• He sets out to fight the dragon alone, but in
  the heat of battle, his men ______________
  ___________________________________

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• During battle, Beowulfs sword and shield
  ____________, and ___________ comes to his aid
  and _________________________.

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Episodes 12
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Themes

• Importance of Identity
• Lineage
• reputation

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Themes

• Change in Value system

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Symbols

• Grendel internal evil of man - jealousy
• Sea Wolf external evil of man - revenge
• Dragon inevitable encounter with death

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Symbols

• Mead Hall
• Golden necklace bond of loyalty
• Swords

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Character analysis

• Beowulf
• How is he the perfect classic hero?
• How is he described?
• What are his actions?
• What are the motivations for those actions?
• How do other respond to those actions?
• What conflicts does he face (internal and
  external)?
• List three important quotes and the significance
  of each.

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Questions

• Why are ancestors so important?
• Identify and discuss the Christian influences on
  the poem.
• Discuss the code of loyalty.
• C/C the three battles and their significance.