PPT-Beowulf

Epithets and imagery EPITHETS Epithets brief phrases that point out traits associated with a particular person or thing PURPOSES OF EPITHETS They add variety and poetic imagery They add information about heroes such as lineage and loyalty. Funeral Ritual. By Chris and Noah. Introduction. 3 funerals: Shield Sheafson, Hildeburg’s relatives, and Beowulf. A fourth? “The Lay of the Last Survivor”. Each funeral represents a change in the story—in the setting, plot or . Epic . Approximately 3,200 lines long –. Relatively short as epics go!. Estimates of the date of composition range between 700 and 1000 . a.d. .. genre . ·. Alliterative verse; elegy; resembles heroic epic, though smaller in scope than most classical epics. What is an epic?. Literary Genre of . Beowulf. Epic. :A. long narrative poem in elevated . style.It. presents a character (s) of high degree and details important events that have a national, worldwide, or cosmic setting.(. United Kingdom = England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland. Celts (Mother Goddess/Arthur). Romans (55 . BC. Julius Caesar). Angles and the Saxons . (Germanic). Jutes . 410-800. Danes. Anglo-Saxon life. 12. Welcome to class!. August 29, 2016. Do Now: . Pick up a copy of . Beowulf. from the back bookshelf. . Next, Read the Introduction and look at the family tree.. Guard these papers with your life—they will help you with . He is willing to risk his life in order to earn fame by killing . Grendal. .. What weapon does Beowulf use to kill . Grendel. ?. His hands. To what does the poet give credit for Beowulf’s victory over . Beowulf. (pg. 18 ). Beowulf. in Old English. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L7VTH8ii_8. Music Video. http. ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiBaSqO7n9U. The Monster Grendel. …. 1. What phrase points to Grendel’s evil nature?. Composed in Old English. Alliterative measure. Oral epic handed down. Archetypal tales of monsters, god-fashioned weapons, descents to the underworld, fights with dragons, and hero’s quest to save a community threatened by evil. Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds in words (usually at the beginning of the word) that are close together.. Example:. P. eter . P. i. p. er . p. icked a . p. eck of . p. ickled . p. my.hrw.com. Username: ggruet1. Password: ggruet1. Beowulf. Warm-up: what are the characteristics of an epic poem?. Enrichment Activity. Take out vocabulary words.. Using your list of words, select ten that you feel comfortable with using.. Geats. ?. Reading Strategy p38. What events preceded the dragon’s attack on the . Geats. ?. The theft of a gem-studded cup by someone who accidentally stumbles on the entrance to the stone tower. . Epic. – long, narrative poem that recounts the adventures of a hero – narratives about larger than life characters.. The Characteristics of a Hero are:. is a great leader and identified with particular people or society. The Anglo-Saxons: 449 - 1066. 449 AD: Germanic mercenaries arrived from the Northern coasts of Europe to attack the Britons. Angles, Saxons, Jutes. By 500 AD, many invaders had settled.. . . . Archaeology has revealed much of the Anglo-Saxons, through cemeteries. Few people read in this period. Oral tradition – was performed and/or sung by a Bard (. Scop. ) from memory in Old English . This is why there are often . several versions of the . same story. . Scops.