The Rood

In the Dream of the Rood, was known to be written by an unknown poet that tells a story of a beautiful tree used to do a duty that was unjustifiable. The Dream of the rood was told to be a Christian poem that takes place from the Anglo Saxon period to the Pagan culture. This beautiful, love filled tree, the “rood” or the cross was used to crucify Christ, the Lord Almighty. It was beautifully made with gold and gems, although this made the rood beautiful, it was used for a horrific event as the poet expresses. The rood tells the poet how there was no say to be the duty of being the cross Christ was crucified on. It tells how it, too, felt the agony of the nails and the spear hits alongside the savior. The cross goes on telling how it was once
The poet tells this story to show others they, too, are capable of being redeemed from sin. Being forgiven. This poet has expressed the feeling of not having control of what one might be a part of, but at the end, this horrible event lets people know they can be forgiven and redeemed because God has gave up his life to give our freedom. The dream of the rood expressed such detailed images of Christ being put up on the cross to gain the attention of the Anglo- Saxon warriors and what they believe in. This was a plan to convert the pagan culture into the religion of Christianity. With that idea, the dream of the rood also expresses how Christ adapted to being accustom to a variety of cultures within the Anglo- Saxon time. The poem begins with a vision of an unknown dreamer. The dreamer describes how he feels the pain that God felt and the nails going through his hands, being whipped and treated inhumanly, which is the reason the story grabbed the world’s attention. The rood starts to reenact how the crucifixion happened and how it felt to be the one Christ had to suffer and die on. The cross tells the story in the beginning when he was just a tree and