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BEOWULF NEW EXAM; QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS
Based on everything you've learned so far about Beowulf, what do you expect your
reading experience to be like? What do you believe the story's style and subject will
be? - ANSWER The language and style of a poem written so long ago may be
difficult to understand. While the depiction of the battles with creatures and a
dragon will be intriguing, I may need to read the lines multiple times to
comprehend what is going on.
Based on your understanding of epics, define in your own words how Beowulf
embodies the attributes of an epic hero. - ANSWER Beowulf goes on a hero's
journey, leaving his home, being initiated via battles, and returning home. He also
demonstrates great characteristics that distinguish him from others. Like other epic
heroes, Beowulf's pride leads to his demise.
Fill in the table with definitions for the literary techniques and concepts used in
Beowulf. Give one example of each theme or method in the poem. - ANSWER
"Whale road" is an example of a compound word or phrase that serves as a
metaphor.
Synecdoche- a portion that reflects the whole—using the word keel to depict a ship.
Alliteration and its application- the repeating of a consonant sound in the initial
letter of each word; in Beowulf, alliteration is utilized to achieve a cacophonous or
harsh-sounding effect- "friendless, a foundling, fate repaid him"
Hubris is arrogant pride; "pride overpowering gathers and grows!"The warder
sleeps, the protector of his spirit;Too sound is that sleep, too lethargic the weight of
worldly business, too pressing the foe, the archer who looses the darts of sin."
"The ruler of glory" is an example of an epithet.
Warrior Code- standards of conduct to which a hero in an epic adheres—Beowulf's
fealty to Hrothgar.
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