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the dark Why Study Beowulf Woody Allens opinion Seamus Heaneys opinion In reference to Grendel bit into his bone lappings bolted down his blood and gorged on him in lumps leaving the body. Historical and Cultural Basis. Various groups and influences on British Isles:. Celts, Romans, Angles & Saxons & Jutes, Normans. Division to Unification:. . Divided clans governed by a unified force . Beowulf: . Context Review. Composed in . England. by an . unknown Anglo-Saxon poet . (c. 750). Set in . Scandinavia. just . before Anglo-Saxon migration . (c. 520). Celts . reside in England during . Poet unknown. Anglo-Saxon and Old English. Christian (but with a bit of pagan tradition). Epic . poem (with 3,182 lines). Epic. = a very long poem that tells the adventures of a hero. Epic Hero . = a larger-than-life character who has great adventures, often boasts, and values personal appearance/identity. Literary Term Glossary. Term. Definition. Example. Epic Hero. A larger than life figure, typically of noble or semi-divine birth who pits. his courage, skill and virtue against evil forces.. Achilles. 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: . Beowulf goes to Denmark and fights Grendel. Beowulf fights Grendel’s mom. Back home as king of the Geats, Beowulf fights a Dragon. Grendel. Is a monster descended from Cain (of Cain and Abel fame). 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. Can you answer them like our epic hero? (a.k.a. like a BOSS?!). QUESTION #1. What does Beowulf do for 50 long years?. A) Battle back and forth with Grendel. B) Serve as Hrothgar’s personal security guard. 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. - 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 .