French After Norman conquest in 1066 Mongrel nation ? Old english One of the first written vernacular languages from the Indo- European language groups; From today's languages most similar to Frisian; Most famous written works: Beowulf, Anglo-Saxon Chronicles. Beowulf Written around ca 700-1000 AD in West Saxon Story about a mighty warrior Beowulf who saves the Danish kingdom of king Hrothgar by killing two mythical monsters. Beowulf then lives on to become a legendary king of the Geats. Beowulf dies when he has to face a third monster a dragon, in order to save his kingdom. The motifs of a character such as Beowulf: courage, loyalty, honour, but also pride, hasty decisions and grandeur as weakness. Beowulf: · A quintessential hero · Youthful fearlessness · Wisdom in old age · A bee-wolf OR bear-wolf Grendel: · Descendant of Cain · No unified description · Greed and revenge · Terrible to look at Other noteworthy characters:
an old society with different customs and beliefs. The poem is set, as it is announced in the very first line: `in days gone by'. For instance, the poet and his fellow Christians who can know that Grendel belongs to the race of monsters descended from Cain. For the Danish king he is the only a mysterious creature, for he doesn't know the Bibel. Again, when aged B. is killed by the dragon, the poet observes that his soul departs from the body. Yet the hero's people, the Geats, in the pagan manner burn his body and bury his ashes with much treasure. This is what commanded in a dying speech of a pagan who cannot hope for anything more than earthly remembrance after death. Important thing about is that both the characters and the narrator continually look before and after and this can sometimes seem difficult to the reader to make clear what in the narrative present is actually happening. For example,
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