BEOWULF

BEOWULF

1. When it was written

   • It is thought to have been written any time between the 8th and 11th century

2. SETTING

   • The time when it was written is undetermined.
   • The story is placed in Scandinavia
   • The story was written in North-Umbria

3. LANGUAGE

   • The poem is written in old English

4. CHARACTERS

   • BEOWULF
     • He is the hero who defeated Grendel
     • He is a mixture between fiction and different historic characters
     • He also defeated Grendel's mother and a dragon
     • He became de king of Geats after killing Grendel and it's mother
   • GRENDEL
     • He fought against Beowulf
     • A demon descended from Cain
   • GRENDEL'S MOTHER
     • The mother of Grendel
     • She/it also fought Beowulf
   • DRAGON
   • KING HROTHGAR
     • The king of Danes
     • He is a father figure to Beowulf

5. LOCATION

   • Nowadays the manuscript is located in the British library

6. SECTIONS

   • It is divided in two sections

7. PLOT

   • A Nordic hero fights two monsters and a dragon to defend a Scandinavian village

8. LITERARY STYLE

   • It uses an elevated style
   • Uses stylistic devices
     • KENNING
       • Is a figurative expression that replaces a name or a noun
       • Bookworm = Someone who reads a lot
     • ALLITERATION
       • It is the occurrence of the same sound in a sentence
       • Garry’s giraffe gobbled gooseberries greedily, getting good at grabbing goodies

9. THEMES

   • Motivation
   • Values
   • Loyalty

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