PPT-Beowulf

Poet unknown AngloSaxon and Old English Christian but with a bit of pagan tradition Epic poem with 3182 lines Epic a very long poem that tells the adventures of a hero Epic Hero a largerthanlife character who has great adventures often boasts and values personal appearanceidentity. 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 . Introducing the Epic. Literary Focus: The Epic Hero. The Poetry of . Beowulf: . Caesuras, Alliteration, and Kennings. Feature Menu. the first great work of . English national literature.. the epic story of the hero Beowulf, who fights the demonic monster Grendel.. 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.(. 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 . HELP! I need somebody!. Think of a time when you helped someone in need or someone helped you OR a time when you did NOT render help and wish you had. Give a brief summary of the incident then answer the following analysis questions: . 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 . 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. . 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. The Anglo-Saxon period is the earliest recorded time period in English history. . The Anglo-Saxon period ranges from 449-1066. . It ends with the Battle of Hastings where the French, under the leadership of William the Conqueror invaded England. . - Unknown – the poem has been translated several times (the version we are working with is translated by Seamus Heaney). G. enre . - Alliterative . verse; elegy; resembles heroic epic, though smaller in scope than most classical . 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. Beowulf at the movies - 2007. Part of the treasure discovered in a ship-burial of c.500 at Sutton . Hoo. in East Anglia – excavated in 1939. . The Sutton Hoo ship and a modern reconstruction. The value of .