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BEOWULF

. Essential Questions:What is an epic?What is an epic hero?What lit devices are employed by epic?What role do history

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BEOWULF

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    3. Activating Prior Knowledge Every culture possesses different values / beliefs. The Anglo Saxons were a patriarch that valued strength, wit (skill use of words), and confidence. Their lives centered around warfare and feats of arms (battle for the sake of battle / duels like Fight Club or Green Street Hooligans). One of the only surviving manuscripts from their era is Beowulf. The characters, themes, and setting of the tale provide historians with insight into the Anglo Saxons culture. We will explore Beowulf as an epic that provides insight into this amazing ancient culture of warriors!

    7. The Anglo-Saxons

    8. The Anglo-Saxons

    9. The Anglo-Saxons

    10. The Anglo-Saxons

    11. The Real Beowulf Druids deep pagan roots (Anglos mix with Britons Druids) Feasts, ceremonies, magic Druids painted their bodies blue before battle Human / animal sacrifice and effigy were common Limited concept of an afterlife = need fame to live on momento mori

    12. Quick Facts About the Anglo Saxons

    13. The Monster Grendel

    14. The Monster Grendel

    15. The Monster Grendel

    16. The Anglo-Saxons

    17. Quick Facts About the Anglo Saxons

    18. RIDDLE ME THIS!!!! In Old English (Riddle 49) dryhtum to nytte, of dumbum twam torht atyhted, one on teon wige feond his feonde. Forstrangne oft wif hine wri. He him wel here, eowa him gewre, gif him egnia mge ond mcgas mid gemete ryhte, feda hine fgre; he him fremum stepe life on lissum. Leana grimme am e hine wloncne weoran lte.

    19. The Arrival of the Hero

    20. Unferths Challenge

    21. The Arrival of the Hero

    22. Unferths Challenge

    23. Unferths Challenge

    24. The Anglo-Saxons

    25. Characteristics of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

    26. The Battle with Grendel

    27. BEOWULF

    28. The Battle with Grendels Mother: Quiz

    29. What (else)? The three creatures can be read allegorically: Grendels mother may stand for the root of (or mother of) our deepest animalistic aggressions. When heroes go into the sea, it is said by some scholars that they are actually going into the deepest recesses of their psyche.

    30. What (else)? The Final Battle: 50 years in the future Beowulf is king His kingdom has been attacked!

    31. What (else)? The three creatures can be read allegorically: Dragons often represent greed. They horde treasure and become violent if the treasure is touched. By killing the dragon, is Beowulf killing his own greed? Notice what he bequeaths to his people after he dies.

    32. The Final Battle Read The Final Battle (Pgs 39 46) Who comes to Beowulfs aid in the final battle? Why? - Wiglaf (follows code; Beowulf deserves it) What sad scene concludes the epic? - Burn Beowulfs body (elegiac mood glory days gone) What happens to the dragons hoard? - burned with Beowulfs body (Wiglaf does not listen; not a generous king: heroes / kings gone)

    33. RIDDLE ME THIS!!!! In Old English (Riddle 46) Cwico ws ic--ne cw ic wiht; cwele ic efne seeah. r ic ws, eft ic cwom; ghwa mec reafa, hafa mec on headre, ond min heafod scire, bite mec on br lic, brice mine wisan. Monnan ic ne bite, nympe he me bite; sindan ara monige e mec bita.

    34. RIDDLE ME THIS!!!! In Old English (Riddle 48) Ic wiht geseah in wera burgum, seo t feoh fede. Hafa fela toa; nebb bi hyre t nytte, nierweard gonge, hie holdlice ond to ham tyh, we geond weallas, wyrte sece; Aa heo a finde, a e fst ne bi; lte hio a wlitigan, wyrtum fste, stille stondan on staolwonge, beorhte blican, blowan ond growan.

    35. RIDDLE ME THIS!!!!

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