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BEOWULF - Coggle Diagram
BEOWULF
PLOT
second
part
into a misty lake
Grendel's mother
comes to Heorot seeking revenge for her son
Beowulf travels to the murky lake and kills her
then he sails back to Scandinavia and becomes
King of the Geats
third
part
land of the Geats in Sweden
Beowulf is an
old
man
he has to fight against a
dragon
he's trying to destroy the country after the discover of the theft of the treasure it has been guarding for a long time
Beowulf kills the monster but
he's mortally bounded
first
part
Denmark (Heorot)
a terrible monster
Grendel
frightens the Danes every night
he has continued for
20 years
Beowulf sails to Denmark and kills the monster
he's partly human, supernatural
no weapon can kill him, the hero has to do it with his hands
it has connections with
christianity
God's will= fate
Grendel is Caun's son
first murderer in Old Testament
Beowulf prays the Creator
It is the
oldest surviving epic poem
in the English language
it was written down in the
11th
century
it has the typical elements of the epic style
the setting of the story covers
vast lands/far off places
the action consists of
brave deeds
there is a lot of
repetition
language:
elevated
lots of
allitteration
Both the
hero
and the
story
are
fiction
lots of elements are taken from history
Beowulf=
bear + wolf
he has an extraordinary strenght
Themes
it describes a
warrior
society
the relationship between the king and the thankes i founded on
loyalty
all that really mattered was not if you died, but
how and when
Beowulf's most heroic trait is that
he's not afraid to die
action constists of brave deeds
fight between
good and bad/white and black/light and dark
It takes its name from the name of its Scandinavian hero