HU 123 LECTURE NOTES BEOWULF Genre A heroic folk epic rooted in the oral tradition of the Anglo Saxons‚ Beowulf is an anonymous poem committed to paper by an unknown Christian monk in 1000 Common Era‚ some 300 years after it was first composed. The manuscript is part of a document known as Cotton Vitellus A housed in a British Library. Beowulf belongs to the epic genre of long‚ narrative poems dealing with heroic deeds against a background of war and the supernatural and themes of grandeur
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down to us across the last 1000+ years? Who wrote it? The story of the Beowulf has been passed orally through many generations until a single written manuscript was maintained in the Anglo-Saxon England at a location which is unknown. The manuscript dates back to about 1000 year‚ although the poem is believed to be written between the period of the seventh and tenth century of the first millennium (Collection items-Beowulf). The written copy hardly escaped the fire in the eighteenth century and
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September 2013 Beowulf Essay Beowulf was mighty as a person and ultimately a hero. Despite this‚ Beowulf was not perfect. Beowulf shows great traits such as bravery‚ loyalty‚ mighty‚ courtesy‚ and boastfulness. Mighty is defined as: having‚ characterized by‚ or showing superior power or strength. “Mighty” Beowulf was mighty because he relied for help on the Lord of All‚ and overcame the foe and brought down the hell-brute. “The monster wrenched and wrestled with him‚ but Beowulf was mindful of
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In Beowulf‚ Unferth portrays a condescending‚ jealous man with an arrogant‚ self- righteous attitude. In other words Unferth believes no one in the kingdom qualifies to receive anymore glory or honor than he‚ himself has: “And sharp (vexed by Beowulf’s adventure‚/ By their visitor’s courage‚ and angry that anyone/ In Denmark or anywhere on earth had ever/ Acquired glory and fame greater/ Than his own)” (Beowulf 235). Unferth continues to patronize Beowulf in a condescending manner.”You’re Beowulf
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Archetypes in Beowulf Archetypes stir profound emotions in the reader because they awaken images stored in the collective unconscious. In Seamus Haney’s translation of Beowulf this is used in the form of character types. Beowulf is a hero and encounters many triumphs with different types of people on his journey in this epic poem. There are three archetypal characters in Beowulf that are particularly effective and intriguing. These are The Creature of Nightmare Grendel‚ The Mentor Hrothgar‚ and
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Herot Major Characters: Beowulf and Grendel 2. Basic Situation Setting: Denard and Geatland Time: Between 700 and 1000A.D. Place: Herot Major Characters: Beowulf and Grendel The battle between the dragon and Beowulf The battle between the dragon and Beowulf Grendel attacks the Herot‚ Beowulf defeats and kills Grendel Grendel attacks the Herot‚ Beowulf defeats and kills Grendel The battle between Grendel’s mom and Beowulf The battle between Grendel’s mom and Beowulf
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Beowulf: Pagan or Christian? Beowulf is the first important work of English literature. It is composed around 700 A.D. by an unknown poet (Greenblatt‚ 36)‚ after the Anglo-Saxons were Christianized. The manuscript of the poem was seriously damaged in a fire; so several lines and words have been lost from the poem. One of the significant issues of this poem is whether or not it is a Pagan or Christian poem. Although the poem appears to have many Christian elements‚ it has roots in a Pagan past. The
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1) Describe how we find King Hrothgar and his response to learning that Beowulf has come to his kingdom. A. The king is sad and depressed that his kingdom has fallen into such a state of disrepair. He is overjoyed to learn that Beowulf‚ whom he knows from stories and his father‚ Ecgtheow‚ has come to fight Grendel. Hrothgar promises Beowulf treasure if he can defeat the monster. 2) In the beginning of “Beowulf‚” King Hrothgar’s hall has been deserted for twelve years. In a short essay‚ tell why
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closely a poem or story could have a deeper meaning to it. Beowulf is more to the moral side of allegory‚ because of the way the characters are represented as good and evil. Grendel can be seen as more than just a crazed giant demon‚ he is an allegory of evil‚ by how he is a direct descendant of Cain; and with defeating Grendel‚ Beowulf is defeating evil itself. Grendel’s mother is an allegory of the original sin‚ and by defeating her Beowulf is over0coming sin and desire. The dragon is an allegory
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Beowulf is one of the oldest English Literatures in our time today. At the time of which England is being changed from Pagan to Christian. When people believed they had to fight for a place on earth against monsters. The writer of Beowulf took the character’s flaws and related them to actual life experiences. A critic says. “The poet‚ however‚ consciously used them to characterize human experience‚ stressing recurring ng patterns‚ and to represent the characters’ attempts to understand their situation”
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