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BEOWULF - Coggle Diagram
BEOWULF
THEMES
Loyalty to the king
King generous and hospitable
Warrior code
Warriors: courage heroism loyalty and strength
Warriors: search for glory fighting
Religious and cultural elements
Christian Elements: good VS bad; Old Testament; Grendel descends from CAIN
Pagan: supernatural elements and monsters
EPIC POEM
The oldest ANGLO SAXONS
8th/11th centuries
Language: OLD ENGLISH
by an UNKNOWN POET
STYLE
Kenning
hoard-guard: monster "guardian of the trasure"
Ring-giver: king
Elevated language
EXTOLLED: PRAISE
EXPLOITS: DEEDS
ALLITERATIONS: repetition of R and W
PLOT
Beowulf kills Grendel
Beowulf kills Grendel's mother at MISTY LAKE
Bewoulf becomes King of the GEATS
Men-eater monster
after 50 years he was king
killing the dragon in SWEDEN
Saves the Geats people
Mortally wounded
CHARACTERS
HERO: BEOWULF
THE MONSTER: GRENDEL
GRENDEL'S MOTHER
DRAGON
SETTING (dove)
SCANDINAVIA
6th century
MISTY LAKE
Geats Land/Sweden