Beowulf - created from Mind Map

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Characters

Literacy devices

Religeous References

Plot and Context

Beowulf/ the protagonist

Grendel/ one of the antagonists

Grendel's Mother/ one of the antagonists

The Dragon/ one of the antagonists

Wiglaf/ Beowulf's best friend or warrior

Hrothgar/ the king

Guinevere/ the queen

Kenning/ a phrase or word used to reperesent a word

Adjective/ a word used to describe a noun

Alliteration/ two or more words with the same consonant sound

Foreshadowing/ where the writer hints on something that will soon happen

The story relates to Cain from the old testament of the bible through Grendel

The story relates to the 7 Deadly Sins

The story relates to Christianity because Beowulf repeatedly relates to God as his protector

The plot of the story is quite confusing and has alot of twists

The story itself was orally told for generations until it was written down by an anonymous English writer in the 8th century