“The Dream of the Rood” In “The Dream of the Rood”‚ the unknown poet uses lines 125-156 to develop the theme of triumph achieved by Christ as a warrior king‚ bringing the dreamer to realize there is hope for a better life after death. The poet develops these notions by the use of heroic diction‚ symbolism‚ and irony. These lines are significant to the text as a whole because they allow the dreamer to summarize the sermon of salvation that the rood has preached. They also mark the change of reaction
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Dream of the Rood – A Passion Story How does the structure of Dream of the Rood contribute to the meaning of the poem? Dream of the Rood can be divided into three sections: part one (lines: one through twenty-seven)‚ part two part (lines: twenty-eight through one-hundred and twenty-one)‚ and part three (lines: one-hundred and twenty-two through one-hundred and fifty-six). These three sections mirror The Passion story. The first portion of the poem includes the description of the tree: “It seemed
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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
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resulting in a Christian convergence permeating the majority of pagan ways of thinking and believing (Sittser). “The Dream of the Rood” is a primarily Christian poem with many pagan aspects intertwined
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We prominently witness the basics of the Anglo-Saxon culture in regards to religion throughout Judith and The Dream of the Rood. The Anglo-Saxon church believed strongly in the moral idea of martyrs. In Christian terms‚ the theory of a martyr is one who surrenders their life for Jesus Christ‚ willingly suffering death for his honor and teachings. The “rood” or old English translation of the cross where Jesus’ crucifixion took place exemplifies this theory. Christ is portrayed as a heroic warrior
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Dream of the Rood & The Bible The crucifixion of Jesus in the Dream of the Rood varies considerably from the depiction given in the Biblical account of John. Mainly the perspective is different in the sense that the “Dream of the Rood” is told‚ in part‚ from the perspective of the cross itself. Referred to only as the “tree” in Dream of the Rood‚ the author puts considerable attention and detail into describing the eloquence of the cross. “It seemed to me that I saw a very wondrous tree‚
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Dockray-Miller‚ Mary. "The Feminized Cross of the Dream of the Rood." Philological Quarterly 76.1 (1997): 1+. Literature Resource Center. Web. 15 Nov. 2014. The article “The Feminized Cross of the Dream of the Rood” discusses the concept of feminism as it is applied to the cross and the notion of masculinity as it is applied to Jesus‚ and how they were connected as well as proving the gender theory. Dockray -Miller‚ an American scholar of Anglo-Saxon England best known for her work on gender in
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The Dream of the Rood‚ one of the few surviving pieces of Anglo-Saxon literature‚ is a vital reference for the ambiguous culture of England’s early ancestors. Argued as one of the oldest pieces of Old English Literature‚ The Dream of the Rood effectively embodies the blended culture‚ moral code‚ and religious values of its unknown author. In the poem the narrator recalls a vision he received in a dream‚ where he encounters the rood on which Christ was crucified. The rood’s dictation‚ steeped with
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author gives the example of Dr. Emilie C. Snell-Rood‚ a biologist who works at the University of Minnesota‚ and her experiment with a species’ brains. "In a new study‚ a University of Minnesota biologist‚ Emilie C. Snell-Rood‚ offers evidence suggesting that we may be driving evolution in a more surprising way." This quote shows that Dr. Snell-Rood is from the University of Minnesota‚ which is a professional place of studying. Therefore‚ Dr. Snell-Rood is a professional in studying
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the values of that society. The Rood in the ¡°The Dream of the Rood¡± also tells a story of which affects its society and people. The existence of this witness that reports the suffering and the glorification of Christ proves necessary for the people to believe. The Rood becomes a hero that preserves an event that proves crucial to the society. As the Rood observes the suffering of Christ‚ it also shares with him the pains of crucifixion. In other words‚ the Rood takes part in Christ¡¯s crucifixion
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