Halfdan: King of Denmark. Defeated by his brother Frodi.
Frodi: Takes Denmark from his brother, Halfdan. Finds out who Hroar and Helgi are.
Helgi: Son of Halfdan; hides from frodi on the island; uses a fake name [Hrani] ; Rules Denmark; marries his daughter Yrsa; has son Hrolf
Hroar: Son of Halfdan; hides on the island from Frodi as well ; uses a fake name [Ham] ; escapes into the forest where he is revealed; burns Frodi in the hall; settles in England; killed by Hrok.
Signy: daughter of Halfdan ; almost reveals identities of her brothers, Helgi and Hroar. Mothe rof Hrok.
Regin: Hides Helgi and Hroar from Frodi ; helps them escape from Frodi ; ends up dying .
Vifil: Reveals true identity of Helgi and Hroar; island dweller
Heid: betrayer of Helgi and Hroar
Olaf: Mother of Yrsa ; warrior Queen ; turns down Helgi when he asks to marry her ; raped by Helgi later on ; Tells Yrsa that she married her father incestly. Agrees to Adils proposal to marry Yrsa.
Yrsa: Daughter of Olof and Helgi ; has son Hrold by Helgi [her father] ; Marries Adils
Hrok: Son of Saevil & Signay; wants either a ring or part of kingdom of Denmark; throws ring into the ocean; gets feet cut off; kills Hroar, then killed by Helgi .
Adils: King of Sweden. Married to Yrsa. Ambushes and kills Helgi. Takes in Svipdag as one of his champions, then abandons him in battle against the berserkers.
Skuld: Marries Hjorvard; attacks Hrolf
Berserkers; warriors who fight for honor to their King.
Svipdag: son of Svip ; battles the berserkers ; leaves Adils kingdom for another King ; joins Hrolf in Denmark ; goes to Adils hall with Hrolf ; asks for truce between Adils and Hrolf.
Svip: has a dream that Svipdag is in trouble ; tells Svipdag's brothers, Beygad and Hvitserk to go and help him.
Bjalki: Warrior of King Hrolf
Bera: falls in love with Bjorn the bear; takes ring from underneath his shoulder; Hvit forces her to eat Bjorn; has sons Elk-Frodi, Thorir, and Bodvar ; tells Bodvar of father's legacy. Marries Valsleyt.
Bjorn: Man who turns into bear form; loves Bera; turned into a bear by Hvit due to sexual rejection.
Bodvar Bjarki: Son of Bjorn and Bera ; kills Hvit by avenging his father ; succeeds Hring as king; draws the sword from the rock Bjorn left for him ; drinks his brothers blood ; saves Hott from the bone pile in the hall ; kills monster and makes Hott drink the blood and eat the heart ; marries Drifa, Hrolf's daughter ; named Hrolf's greatest warrior .
Drifa: Married to Bodvar ; Daughter of King Hrolf.
Elk-Frodi: Half man half elk ; draws the short sword from the rock ; becomes an outlaw ; wrestles his brother Bodvar until he recognizes him ; makes Bodvar drink his blood for strength.
Haki:
Hakland:
Hardrefil:
Hjalti:
Hott:
Hjorvard:
Hring: Father of Bjorn; marries Hvit; Father in law of Bera.
Hromund:
Hvit:
Skuld:
Storolf:
Vogg:
Vott:
2. Explain how the following themes work and what characters can looked at as symbols of the theme:
Role of Kings:
Role of the warrior:
Role of women:
Concept of Magic:
Revenge:
Hospitality:
Loyalty:
Pride:
Man alone in a hostile world:
3. Discuss one event in the story that seems to represent what you believe the book to be about.
4. How do Hrolf and his Champions compare with King Arthur and the round table?
5. Make a list of at least ten moments of magic in the book.
6. Who is your favorite character and why?
7. How is the Cult of Odin important to this book?
8. Compare Hrolf Kraki to Beowulf.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
Beowulf Part III Questions
1.) He may think that he;s a good king, but really, he doesn't exactly take on the role all that well. No king should be fighting for his country, he should be picking the best warriors he has to fight. At the age of 90, he tries to kill a dragon, but to no avail, he isn't able to kill him. After this happens, he dies. And lastly, no king should allow his men to kill an allie.
2.) When Beowulf dies. The whole book is titled after him, and about his three battles that he encountered. He floated in on a boat to take on Grendel for King Hrothgar. He succeeds, then ends up killing his mother in the aftermath. He rains as king for 50 years, until in part 3 he dies while battling a dragon.
3.) The most important part to me was when Beowulf defeated Grendel by ripping his arm off. That was the best part of the book, cause it showed what Beowulf really had in him to defeat a beast.
4.) The dragon represented Beowulf's tragic flaw. He was the only beast that he wasn't able to defeat. It comes to him that the end was near.
2.) When Beowulf dies. The whole book is titled after him, and about his three battles that he encountered. He floated in on a boat to take on Grendel for King Hrothgar. He succeeds, then ends up killing his mother in the aftermath. He rains as king for 50 years, until in part 3 he dies while battling a dragon.
3.) The most important part to me was when Beowulf defeated Grendel by ripping his arm off. That was the best part of the book, cause it showed what Beowulf really had in him to defeat a beast.
4.) The dragon represented Beowulf's tragic flaw. He was the only beast that he wasn't able to defeat. It comes to him that the end was near.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Words of the Day (2nd)
The obsolete car brand never sold their products for five years.
The paucity of Skagway compared to Haines is terrible.
The philistine man thought te church service was incorrect.
The girl saw a group of meticulous boys staring at her.
The officious teacher kept making her students leave the classroom.
The young boy perused a book by Stephen King and got super scared.
The boy mitigated the pain when he fell and scraped his knee.
The girl treated her boyfriend very perfidy, so he dumped her for another girl.
The boy felt very morose after the championship lose to their rivals.
The paucity of Skagway compared to Haines is terrible.
The philistine man thought te church service was incorrect.
The girl saw a group of meticulous boys staring at her.
The officious teacher kept making her students leave the classroom.
The young boy perused a book by Stephen King and got super scared.
The boy mitigated the pain when he fell and scraped his knee.
The girl treated her boyfriend very perfidy, so he dumped her for another girl.
The boy felt very morose after the championship lose to their rivals.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Vocab Words #2
Obsolete; adj; no longer in general use
Paucity; n; smallness of quantity
Philistine; n; a person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts, or who has no understanding of them
Meticulous; adj; showing great attention to detail
Officious; adj; assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way
Peruse; v; reading something throughly and carefully
Mitigate; v; making something less severe, painful, serious
Perfidy; n; untrustworthiness
Morose; adj; sullen or ill-tempered
Paucity; n; smallness of quantity
Philistine; n; a person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts, or who has no understanding of them
Meticulous; adj; showing great attention to detail
Officious; adj; assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way
Peruse; v; reading something throughly and carefully
Mitigate; v; making something less severe, painful, serious
Perfidy; n; untrustworthiness
Morose; adj; sullen or ill-tempered
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Beowulf Notes
CHARACTERS
Grendel: Descendent of Kane; from the swamps; misunderstood
Beowulf: Hero; Geatish Warrior; Fights many battles and different creatures; Rips Grendel's arm off
Hrothogar: Dad was Half-Dane; built the meadhall; King of Denmark
Fitela: Nephew of Sigmund
Sigmund: Ambushed; kills dragons
Wulgar: Hrothgar's harold; Brings Beowulf in when he arrives
Heremod: Danish hero who becomes the symbol of a bad king; murders those close to him; exiled by his own warriors; murdered by Jewt's; kills comrades; causes chaos and is eventually exiled and ambushed.
Finn: King of Frisians
Hnaef: Danish leader; allied with the Frisians; killed in ambush along with his nephew
Hengest: Danish leader who takes over after Hnaef dies after battle; possibly a Jewt
Wealtheow: Hrothgar's Queen; peacemaker; perfect Queen
Unferth: Jester-like character; Warrior who's jealous of Beowulf; Coward; can't handle his drink; kin-killer
Shield: Founder of the Danes; King who sets up his dynasty; like Moses
Halfdane: Hrothgar's father; Son of Beow;
Beow:
LITERARY TERMS
Kenning:
Symbol:
Allusion:
Epic Boast:
MOTIFS & THEMES
Exile:
Wergild:
Paganism vs. Christianity:
Digressions:
Structure:
Begin to think about Beowulf in a 2 and 3 part structure.
Grendel: Descendent of Kane; from the swamps; misunderstood
Beowulf: Hero; Geatish Warrior; Fights many battles and different creatures; Rips Grendel's arm off
Hrothogar: Dad was Half-Dane; built the meadhall; King of Denmark
Fitela: Nephew of Sigmund
Sigmund: Ambushed; kills dragons
Wulgar: Hrothgar's harold; Brings Beowulf in when he arrives
Heremod: Danish hero who becomes the symbol of a bad king; murders those close to him; exiled by his own warriors; murdered by Jewt's; kills comrades; causes chaos and is eventually exiled and ambushed.
Finn: King of Frisians
Hnaef: Danish leader; allied with the Frisians; killed in ambush along with his nephew
Hengest: Danish leader who takes over after Hnaef dies after battle; possibly a Jewt
Wealtheow: Hrothgar's Queen; peacemaker; perfect Queen
Unferth: Jester-like character; Warrior who's jealous of Beowulf; Coward; can't handle his drink; kin-killer
Shield: Founder of the Danes; King who sets up his dynasty; like Moses
Halfdane: Hrothgar's father; Son of Beow;
Beow:
LITERARY TERMS
Kenning:
- Dark Death Shadow
- Whale Road
- Hall Thanes
- Swan Road
- Asleep with a Sword
- Word Hoard
- Beowulf's boasting against Unferth [beer talking]
- Worst night Teremonger's spent
- Happy with his night's work
- Unferth accusing Beowulf of being a bad warrior
- Beowulf's put down on Unferth
Symbol:
- Grendel's name [god cursed scream]
- Heorot [royalty, hart (deer)]
- Grendel's Arm
Allusion:
- Bible [Cain & Abel]
- Story of Sigmond
- Story of Finn
Epic Boast:
- Beowulf against Unferth
- Journey involved
- Heroic Deeds
- Respect of the King in charge
- Giving of Gifts
- Tragic Flaw
MOTIFS & THEMES
Exile:
- Worse thing that can happen to you
Wergild:
- Blood Money
- Honor
- Idea of Fate
- Keep the Peace
- Give Gifts
- Keep land under control
- Peace Pledge
- Good Hostesses
- Raising Warriors
- Giving Birth
- Protect the Land
- Protect the King
Paganism vs. Christianity:
Digressions:
- Sigmond
- Finn
- Heremod
Structure:
Begin to think about Beowulf in a 2 and 3 part structure.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Words of the Day
The scop's singing was so bad, the town's people threw tomatoes at him.
The kid's sinews tore when he fell off the house.
Hitler. the spawn of German evil, killed millions if Jews.
The infamous guy walked into the dance, where he got his ass kicked.
The girls hoary hair scared off her prom date.
The ocean turned murky when the whale decided to jump and splash.
The basketball coach will purge the bad players off the team.
The kid had made a reparation to pass his final.
The boy lamented the idea of his fish being dead, but ended up crying anyways.
The little boy was strickend as a heathen to the Holy Lord.
The cowering man backed down from the fight the midget tried to start.
The kid's sinews tore when he fell off the house.
Hitler. the spawn of German evil, killed millions if Jews.
The infamous guy walked into the dance, where he got his ass kicked.
The girls hoary hair scared off her prom date.
The ocean turned murky when the whale decided to jump and splash.
The basketball coach will purge the bad players off the team.
The kid had made a reparation to pass his final.
The boy lamented the idea of his fish being dead, but ended up crying anyways.
The little boy was strickend as a heathen to the Holy Lord.
The cowering man backed down from the fight the midget tried to start.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
vocabulary words
• Scop; n ; an old English poet
• Sinews; n ; a piece of tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone or bone to bone
• Spawn; v ; release or deposit eggs
• Infamous; adj ; known for a bad quality or deed
• Hoary; adj ; grayish white hair
• Murky; adj ; dark and gloomy
• Purge; v ; rid someone of unwanted feeling
• Reparation; n ; the making of amends for a wrong one has done
• Lament; n ; a passionate expression of grief and sorrow
• Heathen; n ; a person who does not belong in a widely held religion
• Cowering; v ; crouching down in fear
• Sinews; n ; a piece of tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone or bone to bone
• Spawn; v ; release or deposit eggs
• Infamous; adj ; known for a bad quality or deed
• Hoary; adj ; grayish white hair
• Murky; adj ; dark and gloomy
• Purge; v ; rid someone of unwanted feeling
• Reparation; n ; the making of amends for a wrong one has done
• Lament; n ; a passionate expression of grief and sorrow
• Heathen; n ; a person who does not belong in a widely held religion
• Cowering; v ; crouching down in fear
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Death of Conchobhar
1.) Conchobhar gets mad when he finds out that the Jew’s have killed Jesus, and it causes the stone to fall out of his head, allowing his brain to fall out and other excess parts.
2.) Conchobhar is kind of a one man wolf pack. He’s a self-centered king, that was dubbed king, but nobody likes him anymore, and he is a bad king. He is really into Jesus, but when he finds out that the Jew’s killed Jesus, he goes into rage and his brain falls out.
3.) No, not at all. He only thinks of himself and not the people of the town. He goes by what he feels and is
4.) Life was aggressive, and hard to live by. Almost everyone had a dangerous job, either fighting or keeping the town clean. You were told what to do by a king that had no idea what he was doing!
5.) He was the one whos brain was being played with. His brain was hurled at Conchobhar.
6.) He tells them that the Jew’s have killed Jesus when really they didn’t.
7.) Drunk and arguing. Conall’s going to say, “Bring me the brain of Meis-Geghra and brag about it.” Everyone agrees that it is not impressive. Conall says, “Well I think it’s impressive, and I’m going to go to the king and ask him what he thinks.” So now Conall is in front. In front of Conchobhar, he says, “Isn’t this brain impressive?” Conchobhar says yes it is, and the brain gets put away again. So now, all of us are drunk again, and we play catch with the brain. Cet’s going to sneak up, and hears us talking about Meis-Gehra’s brain that we’re playing with, and is going to sneak up and steal the brain back. Cet hears about a bunch of battles. Battle between Cet and everybody else. “Oh Conchobhar you’re so handsome, come play with us.” Conchobhar says, “Well I am perfect, so I don’t blame your presence.” “Hehe, he’s all by himself! Now I can avenge Meis-Geghra!” Object gets stuck in Conchobhar’s head. Random Fighters, “Oh no! Our King! What should we do?!” Other Random fighting person that is going to be JR, “Protect him, and drag him to safety, god!” Bryce the doctor, “what happened here!” Worried People, “Can you get the rock out of his head?” “If I take the stone out, it will kill Conchobhar, but I can leave it in, but he’ll be ugly.” **Heals Conchobhar** Conchobhar wakes up, and then the doctor tells him, “do not do anything active, don’t eat too much, and don’t get angry, you’ll straight up die.” Conchobhar sits in his chair for seven years. Druid says, “Jesus died.” Now Conchobhar says, “WHAT!? Who was stupid enough to kill Jesus?!” Druid says, “Jesus was born on the same day as you, so you have a secretive connection.” Conchobhar believes, “Now I’m going to kill a bunch of people!” Runs around with a big spear, saying, “Thus would I avenge Christ on the Jews, and on those who crucified him if I could get at them!” Brain falls out, pulls out access parts, collapses, and dies.
2.) Conchobhar is kind of a one man wolf pack. He’s a self-centered king, that was dubbed king, but nobody likes him anymore, and he is a bad king. He is really into Jesus, but when he finds out that the Jew’s killed Jesus, he goes into rage and his brain falls out.
3.) No, not at all. He only thinks of himself and not the people of the town. He goes by what he feels and is
4.) Life was aggressive, and hard to live by. Almost everyone had a dangerous job, either fighting or keeping the town clean. You were told what to do by a king that had no idea what he was doing!
5.) He was the one whos brain was being played with. His brain was hurled at Conchobhar.
6.) He tells them that the Jew’s have killed Jesus when really they didn’t.
7.) Drunk and arguing. Conall’s going to say, “Bring me the brain of Meis-Geghra and brag about it.” Everyone agrees that it is not impressive. Conall says, “Well I think it’s impressive, and I’m going to go to the king and ask him what he thinks.” So now Conall is in front. In front of Conchobhar, he says, “Isn’t this brain impressive?” Conchobhar says yes it is, and the brain gets put away again. So now, all of us are drunk again, and we play catch with the brain. Cet’s going to sneak up, and hears us talking about Meis-Gehra’s brain that we’re playing with, and is going to sneak up and steal the brain back. Cet hears about a bunch of battles. Battle between Cet and everybody else. “Oh Conchobhar you’re so handsome, come play with us.” Conchobhar says, “Well I am perfect, so I don’t blame your presence.” “Hehe, he’s all by himself! Now I can avenge Meis-Geghra!” Object gets stuck in Conchobhar’s head. Random Fighters, “Oh no! Our King! What should we do?!” Other Random fighting person that is going to be JR, “Protect him, and drag him to safety, god!” Bryce the doctor, “what happened here!” Worried People, “Can you get the rock out of his head?” “If I take the stone out, it will kill Conchobhar, but I can leave it in, but he’ll be ugly.” **Heals Conchobhar** Conchobhar wakes up, and then the doctor tells him, “do not do anything active, don’t eat too much, and don’t get angry, you’ll straight up die.” Conchobhar sits in his chair for seven years. Druid says, “Jesus died.” Now Conchobhar says, “WHAT!? Who was stupid enough to kill Jesus?!” Druid says, “Jesus was born on the same day as you, so you have a secretive connection.” Conchobhar believes, “Now I’m going to kill a bunch of people!” Runs around with a big spear, saying, “Thus would I avenge Christ on the Jews, and on those who crucified him if I could get at them!” Brain falls out, pulls out access parts, collapses, and dies.
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