The Anglo-Saxons The Warrior Hero.

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The Anglo-Saxons The Warrior Hero

Historical Terminology Bretwalda—ruling king Thane—loyal fighting man Mead—fermented drink made from barley, yeast, and malt (Anglo-Saxon beer) Meadhall—Anglo-Saxon bar (hangout of king and his thanes) Scop—singing poet (carried news and entertained)

Beowulf the first masterpiece of English literature author unknown describes a hero from Geatland (the southern part of Sweden) written in Anglo-Saxon England in 725 AD themes success friendship Honor-heroism good vs. evil

Beowulf as Epic Epic--a long narrative poem (originally handed down through oral tradition) dealing with great heroes and adventures: epics had two purposes

Epic Conventions journey (vast in scope; sometimes to heaven or an underworld) that lasts a long time likely to be a battle swords and war implements take on human characteristics and names (Personification) protagonist overcomes great obstacles to become hero God or the gods influence human nature elaborate funeral descriptions

The Epic… Features a PARALLEL story… parallel stories add to the stature of the hero, placing him in a line of heroic tradition

Literary Terminology alliteration-the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or within words, particularly in accented syllables: “Grim and greedy the gruesome monster…” epithet-compound adjective in front of a noun that describes that noun: wine dark sea, fleet-footed Achilles kenning-compound metaphor; picturesque way of renaming a noun (often hyphenated):whale-road (ocean) and world-candle (sun)

Literary Terminology… personification-endowing inanimate or inhuman objects with human characteristics

Setting and Characters Geatland: Denmark: Hygelac-King Scyld- legendary ruler Beowulf-Thane of Hygelac; hero Hrothgar- King Wiglaf- Heorot- famous meadhall Slave- Grendel- monster Dragon- Unferth- Hrothgar’s thane; battles Beowulf verbally Troll-Wife- Grendel’s mother; fights Beowulf also