Beowulf Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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...

Who were Grendel's earliest ancestors? correct answersA pair of monsters born of Cain "Wondering what the warriors would do" is an example of what literary element? correct answersalliteration What does Grendel do on his first visit to Herot? correct answersHe kills and eats thirty men What news about Grendel spreads all over the world that makes him so frightening to Anglo-Saxons? correct answersHe seeks no peace, offers no truce, and accepts no settlement to stop killing What ex...

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) ...

The monster, Grendel, is related to Cain, the first ____________________. correct answersMURDERER Earliest recorded history of England came from the _________________ ______________. correct answersVENERABLE BEDE The English were considered _______________ before they became Christians. correct answersPAGANS We get our word WEIRD from an early version WYRD, which means ______________. correct answersFATE 3 things ________________ the Great accomplished: Defeats Vikings, unifies the E...

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...

Beowulf kills Grendel's mother with... correct answersa sword he finds that was made by giants Beowulf chooses to fight Grendel unarmed because... correct answersit would be lowly of a thane to resort to swords and shields the sword that Beowulf uses to fight Grendel's mother is called... correct answersHrunting if Grendel represents evil, then Herot represents... correct answersgoodness and justice after Beowulf cuts the head off of Grendel's dead body, he brings it to... correct...

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 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...