Beowulf Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

For how long is Beowulf King? correct answers50 years What is the name of the Mead hall correct answersHerot hall For how long does Grendel terrorize the Danes? correct answers12 years How many Geats did Beowulf take to Denmark? correct answers30 The line "fate the night, intended Grendel to gnaw the broken bones of his last human supper" forshadows what? correct answersHe would be killed (by Beowulf) Beowulf represents what in the Grandel represents what? correct answersBeowulf...

Why does Beowulf journey across the sea to the land of the Danes? correct answersTo save the Danes from the monster Grendel Who was Edgetho? correct answersBeowulf's Father How does Beowulf trap Grendel? correct answersHe waits until Grendel enters Heorot and uses men as bait What does Beowulf do once he has Grendel in his clutches? correct answersHe fights him bare-handed and rips off his arm What drives Grendel to attack so many men at Herot, the mead hall? correct answersHe is an...

English: Anglo-Saxon and Beowulf Exam 2023 Graded A Which language did Ethelbert use to write his famous law code? Old English Which alphabet did the Christian Missionaries bring with them when they came to England in 595 A.D.? Latin Beowulf was originally written in which language? Old English The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, which recorded events in Anglo-Saxon society, was written in which language? Old English The name of the Anglo-Saxon king who made peace with the Danes (the Vikings) ...

What was the first English literature? correct answersThe anglo saxon literature What was anglo Saxon prose mostly written in? correct answersLatin How was Anglo Saxon poetry composed? correct answersIn oral tradition How was an Anglo Saxon writing first traveled by? correct answersScops (traveling ministrels, singing poets, news givers) Where did anglo Saxon writing go after the scops? correct answersLater copied down by Christian monks (scribes) but it was costly and time consuming...

Introduction to Anglo-Saxon Literature: Beowulf

Why does Beowulf come to England? correct answersHe doesn't go to England Why do the Anglo-Saxons write about the Beowulf story? correct answersTo teach what they value in terms of ethics, bravery, and courage. What does Heorot symbolize? correct answersThe hall of Hrothgar - power and wealth What does Unferth's name mean in translation - how is this indicative of his behavior? correct answersPeace breaker - he is jealous and envious of Beowulf's talents, and taunts Beowulf to debase...

Hrothgar correct answersKing of the Danes in southern Denmark Herot correct answersa magnificent mead hall (where loyal warriors feast, drink, and tell tales of the scops: AngloSaxon bards) that symbolizes the power and prosperity of Hrothgar also symbolized the might and power of the SpearDanes under Hrothgar scop (bard) correct answersan Anglo-Saxon poet who was commissioned by the early Germanic kings or warriors to entertain them by reciting the poetry to the accompaniment of a harp...

Who is Hrothgar? correct answersThe King of the Danes How many years had Grendel attacked the hall? correct answers12 Why does Grendel attack the mead hall in Beowulf? correct answersHe's miserable and the songs of life and goodness enrage him. What does Beowulf boast that he is going to do to Grendel? correct answersDestroy him with his bare hands How does Hrothgar know of Beowulf? correct answersHrothgar was friends with Beowulf's father. What is a scop? correct answersA poet ...

Who is Scyld Shefing? correct answersAn ancestor of Hrothgar Hrogthar correct answersKing of the Danes Heorot correct answersHrothgar's mead hall Grendel correct answersA demon descended from Cain, Grendel preys on Hrothgar's warriors in the king's mead-hall, Heorot. Because his ruthless and miserable existence is part of the retribution exacted by God for Cain's murder of Abel, Grendel fits solidly within the ethos of vengeance that governs the world of the poem. Beowulf correct...

12th Grade English 1 st Quarter Exercise on Beowulf Part I. Short Answers (60 points total) 1. Grendel’s ancestors descended from the cursed blood line of Cain the evil son of Adam and Eve in the Bible. Moreover, Cain was punished with guilt and banished to the land of Nod by God for the murder of his brother Abel. Furthermore, the poem states his spawns were monsters from myth, with trolls, goblins, and giants. 2. Beowulf defends himself from ridicule with his account of the race he s...