BEOWULF

BEOWULF

When it was written
1. It is thought to have been written any time between the 8th and 11th century
SETTING
1. The time when it was written is undetermined.
2. The story is placed in Scandinavia
3. The story was written in North-Umbria
LANGUAGE
1. The poem is written in old English
CHARACTERS
1. BEOWULF
  1. He is the hero who defeated Grendel
  2. He is a mixture between fiction and different historic characters
  3. He also defeated Grendel's mother and a dragon
  4. He became de king of Geats after killing Grendel and it's mother
2. GRENDEL
  1. He fought against Beowulf
  2. A demon descended from Cain
3. GRENDEL'S MOTHER
  1. The mother of Grendel
  2. She/it also fought Beowulf
4. DRAGON
5. KING HROTHGAR
  1. The king of Danes
  2. He is a father figure to Beowulf
LOCATION
1. Nowadays the manuscript is located in the British library
SECTIONS
1. It is divided in two sections
PLOT
1. A Nordic hero fights two monsters and a dragon to defend a Scandinavian village
LITERARY STYLE
1. It uses an elevated style
2. Uses stylistic devices
  1. KENNING
    1. Is a figurative expression that replaces a name or a noun
    2. Bookworm = Someone who reads a lot
  2. ALLITERATION
    1. It is the occurrence of the same sound in a sentence
    2. Garry’s giraffe gobbled gooseberries greedily, getting good at grabbing goodies
THEMES
1. Motivation
2. Values
3. Loyalty

Resource summary

	Created by Esteban García over 6 years ago