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BEOWULF
ORIGIN
AUTHOR:
Unknown
DIALECT:
West Saxon
Anglian dialect
Marcian
Northumbrian
THEME: Continental Germanic
MAIN CHARACTERS
Wiglaf
Grendel's mother
The dragon
Danish King Hrothgar
Grendel
Beowulf
PLOT
SECOND PART
Beowulf's fight with Grendel's mother
Comes to avenge her son
Dies at the hand of Beowulf
FIRST PART
Beowulf's fight with Grendel
Comes to the help of King Hrothgar
Kills the monster
THIRD PART
Beowulf
Becomes the king
Dies from the dragon's venomous teeth
Engaged in an adventure with the dragon
WRITING STYLE
VERSE STYLE
Alliterative
LANGUAGE
Characteristics
Forceful
Expressive
Use of
Compound words
"Picture names"
SOCIAL LIFE
GOVERNMENT SYSTEM
The Lord of a clain
Head of the social hierarchy
Supreme respect for kingship
SCENIC BACKGROUND
View of life
NO
Joy
Tenderness
Sinister
Bleak
WOMEN
Prominent role
Gracing feasts
Ceremonies
Show political wisdom
HEROISM
POEM
reflect
Ideal of the heroic age
PROTAGONIST
Ideal Anglo-saxon hero
Motivation
desire for
Glory
Fame
CRUCIAL ROLE
Demostrated through the story
