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Beowulf, Day 2 Lines 1-188. ImportantTerms. scop : an Old English poet or storyteller kinship : a social relationship thane : a warrior heroic code : governed the Anglo-Saxon culture wergild : man-price - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Beowulf, Day 2Lines 1-188
ImportantTerms
• scop: an Old English poet or storyteller • kinship: a social relationship• thane: a warrior• heroic code: governed the Anglo-Saxon
culture• wergild: man-price• wyrd: Old English, means something like
fate (although their conception of it is different than ours)
Characteristics of Old English Poetry• kenning: an Old English poetic device in which a compound poetic
phrase is substituted for the usual name of a person or thing– Examples: whale-road (line 10), ring-giver (line 36), sea-rider
• litotes: an ironic understatement, also a common feature of Old English poetry. Pronounced "LIE-TA-TEES." – Example: “no less bountifully” (line 43)
• alliteration: the occurrence in a phrase or line of poetry of two or more words having the same initial sound. In OE poetry, alliteration is the principal poetic device.
• caesura: a pause in a line of poetry.
• metonymy: a figure of speech in which one thing is used to designate something with which it is commonly associated, for example, using "bottle" for "liquor."
• synecdoche: a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to designate a whole, for example, using "keel" for "ship."
Question: Who is the author of Beowulf?
Important Passages• 64-85: What kind of King is Hrothgar?
– Heorot (69-79); his generosity (72, “God-given goods”; 80, “doled out rings”)
• 86-98: Who is Grendel?– Why does Grendel resent the Ring-Danes?
• 88: “It harrowed him to hear the din…”• 106: Grendel descended from Cain (wyrd and
wergild)
• 156: Grendel and wergild
Important Passages• 194-209: pay close attention to the way
Beowulf is introduced
• 258-285: Beowulf speaks
• 440-455: Beowulf speaks again– Fate, wyrd: 440-1 and 455
• For tomorrow, read what we didn’t get through in class today and also read lines 662-835
• Complete Beowulf homework assignment
• also be sure and do Vocabulary Unit 4, S&A