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Poetic Structure• Numbered lines • 3,182 lines • Is in Stanzas • Caesuras

ex: Hildeburhhad little cause

to creadit the Jutes:line 1070

Alliteration

Hrothgar and Hrothulf, were in high spirits in the raftered hall. Inside Herot… ( line 1015)

“Far and near, now and forever.” ( line 1222)

“Then out of the night came the shadow- stalker, stealthy and swift;” ( line 703)

“They stared in awe. It was an astonishing sight.” (113, 1650)

Compounds• The arch-warrior (line 1311)• Came first- footing ( line 1312) • War- sword ( line 2154)• Battle- topping ( line 2153)• Mail-shirt ( line 2153)

• Many more, just lots of words with hyphens.

KenningsHoard- guard: (line: 2593) Ground- burner: (line: 2712) World’s Candle: (line: 1966) Death-Shadow: (Line: 160)

Formulas Beowulf , son of Ecgtheow spoke ( line 1651)

rytelling The Minstrels performanceThe Basic formula of Beowulf saying he will

win a fight, fighting, winning, they celebrate, repeat.

How Is Beowulf Heroic?Beowulf fits the basic stereotype for being a hero

back then, he comes to the people having been a great warrior, tells them how great a warrior he is. Then defends them from great dangers three times, giving his life the third time.

Beowulf is just better than the average human, he fights with more strength and skill than any other human his entire life, seeming to just not age at all. And the most obvious reason that he was better than the average human was his ability to fight underwater for so long.

How is Beowulf Anglo-Saxon?God is a vey big part of their life, they thank

god many times and when things go bad they wonder if they have sinned. This is very typical thing for very Christian societies back then.(115, 159)

Beowulf’s burial was very Anglo-Saxon tradition .

How is Beowulf part of the Oral Tradition?Beowulf was originally passed down orallyThey do many things that story tellers would

do back then, they break in the story to give you a recap every now and then because its such a long story, they use phrases that would suggest It was a spoken story, and it breaks to talk to the audience every now and then.

What impact did Anglo Saxon language and literature have on today's English language?

Since this is one of the first literary works written in some form of English, it has influenced many parts of our language such as words in our language that have derived from their words, and poetic and story telling elements that have come from Beowulf.

What influence over contemporary lit has the epic and epic hero?The Epic Hero has given way to the warrior

hero in our stories. Also the idea of fighting for revenge has come from epics.

I think we can draw the first beginnings of a “superhero”, back to the Epic hero. In other words, Beowulf was to the old English people what Superman is to us.

How is Beowulf a product of its time?Yes Beowulf is a product of its time, there is a

lot of culture from that time in their, such as the drinking and feasting. Also the violence in there and the heavy stress on God and religion is a part of that time.

Plus Beowulf is the stereotypical hero for that time.

Work Citedhttp://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/

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