Friday, October 29, 2010
Theme
Revenge show up between Olof and Helgi when Helgi came to Queen Olof's land and asked for her hand. She made it seem like she was interested and them got him drunk and took revenge by shaving him, taring him, and putting his clothes and him in a bag.He gets revenge on her by taking advantage of her greediness and takes her back to the ship and rapes her. Later on, Helgi goes back to see what is going on with Olof and disguses himself as a servant and see's Yrsa and falls in love and takes her home to marry her. Olof finds out about the marriage and how happy they are so she wants to get revenge and goes to see Yrsa. She finds Yrsa and tells her the truth about her parents and finds out her husband is also her father so she leaves with Olof.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Characters
Halfdane: He was the king of Denmark brothers with Frodi who defeated and killed him.
Frodi: Halfdan's brother, who defeats and kills him and takes over Denmark, seeking to kill his nephews Helgi : Halfdane’s son. Hides out with his sister's husband then finally kills Frodi and, with his brother, takes over Denmark. He has three children: Hrolf, Skuld, and Yrsa (also his wife and Hrolf's mother). When Yrsa remarries Adils, Helgi starts a feud and ends up getting killed by Adils.
Hroar: Another son of Halfdan, helps his brother kill Frodi and take over Denmark. Marries Ogn and settles in England. He cuts off Hrok's foot because Hrok threw his ring into the sea. Hrok kills him as revenge for this.
Signy: daughter of Halfdan and wife of Saevil, who hides the boys when Frodi is out to kill them. She has Hrok and envies her brothers, so she asks Hrok to get their ring from them.
Regin: Helgi and Hroar's foster father. He helps try to hide the boys when their uncle is out to kill them, and helps them gain revenge a few years later.
Vifil: He hides Helgi and Hroar when they are escaping Frodi, he lives on an island and is very skilled at magic.
Heid: she is a seeress who tells Frodi where the boys are hiding, and tells him that they will kill him.
Olaf: warrior queen who is beautiful and cruel, she vows to never marry a man, Helgi asks her to be with him and she makes it seem like she agrees but then gets him drunk, shaves him, covers him with tar, and kicks his men out of her country. Then he leaves gold in the forest for her and takes advantage of her greadiness and takes her to his ship and rapes her. Then they have a daughter without him knowing.
Yrsa: She is the daughter of olaf and helgi. She then marries Helgi not knowing he was her father, They had a san, Hrolf, he mother then tells her Helgi is her father then she leaves and remarrys to Adils.
Hrok: son of Signy and Saevil. He throws Hroar's ring into the sea and gets his foot cut off, promoting him to kill Hroar, He then asks for Hroar's wife, Ogn. Helgi defeats him and breaks his arms and legs, rendering him useless.
Adils: He is the king of Sweden who asks for Yrsa to marry him, He doesn’t tell Helgi and starts a fued.
Skuld: daughter of Helgi and an elfin woman, she is half elf, and has magical powers. She shows a bad temperament even as a young girl.
Berserkers: warriors who belong to king Adils. They completely lose control in battle and will attack anything in their path until everyone is dead. They also fight without armor.
Svipdag: son of Svip, joins Adils' retinue, does battle with Berserkers. He leaves Adils for a better king and joins Hrolf. He warns that Adils will probably be treacherous.
Svip (his advice to his son): Swedish farmer and father of Svipdag. He has a dream warning him that Svipdag is in trouble and sends his other sons to save the day.
jalki: He is in King Hrolfls army.
Bera: Married to Bjorn, gets pregnant and has three boys, one is half elk, and another has dog feet because she ate the bear meat.
Bjorn: Marries Bera, he is cursed and turned into a bear because he turns down queen Hvit’s request of sleeping in the same bed. Hring is his father.
Bodvar Bjarki: Bjorn and Bera’s second born son, Bera’s favorite son, he is the third born son.
Drifa: Daughter of King Hrolf
Elk-Frodi: One of Bera and Bjorn’s son, the second son, he is half elk and goes to be an outlaw in the mountains and kills people for money.
Frodi: Halfdan's brother, who defeats and kills him and takes over Denmark, seeking to kill his nephews Helgi : Halfdane’s son. Hides out with his sister's husband then finally kills Frodi and, with his brother, takes over Denmark. He has three children: Hrolf, Skuld, and Yrsa (also his wife and Hrolf's mother). When Yrsa remarries Adils, Helgi starts a feud and ends up getting killed by Adils.
Hroar: Another son of Halfdan, helps his brother kill Frodi and take over Denmark. Marries Ogn and settles in England. He cuts off Hrok's foot because Hrok threw his ring into the sea. Hrok kills him as revenge for this.
Signy: daughter of Halfdan and wife of Saevil, who hides the boys when Frodi is out to kill them. She has Hrok and envies her brothers, so she asks Hrok to get their ring from them.
Regin: Helgi and Hroar's foster father. He helps try to hide the boys when their uncle is out to kill them, and helps them gain revenge a few years later.
Vifil: He hides Helgi and Hroar when they are escaping Frodi, he lives on an island and is very skilled at magic.
Heid: she is a seeress who tells Frodi where the boys are hiding, and tells him that they will kill him.
Olaf: warrior queen who is beautiful and cruel, she vows to never marry a man, Helgi asks her to be with him and she makes it seem like she agrees but then gets him drunk, shaves him, covers him with tar, and kicks his men out of her country. Then he leaves gold in the forest for her and takes advantage of her greadiness and takes her to his ship and rapes her. Then they have a daughter without him knowing.
Yrsa: She is the daughter of olaf and helgi. She then marries Helgi not knowing he was her father, They had a san, Hrolf, he mother then tells her Helgi is her father then she leaves and remarrys to Adils.
Hrok: son of Signy and Saevil. He throws Hroar's ring into the sea and gets his foot cut off, promoting him to kill Hroar, He then asks for Hroar's wife, Ogn. Helgi defeats him and breaks his arms and legs, rendering him useless.
Adils: He is the king of Sweden who asks for Yrsa to marry him, He doesn’t tell Helgi and starts a fued.
Skuld: daughter of Helgi and an elfin woman, she is half elf, and has magical powers. She shows a bad temperament even as a young girl.
Berserkers: warriors who belong to king Adils. They completely lose control in battle and will attack anything in their path until everyone is dead. They also fight without armor.
Svipdag: son of Svip, joins Adils' retinue, does battle with Berserkers. He leaves Adils for a better king and joins Hrolf. He warns that Adils will probably be treacherous.
Svip (his advice to his son): Swedish farmer and father of Svipdag. He has a dream warning him that Svipdag is in trouble and sends his other sons to save the day.
jalki: He is in King Hrolfls army.
Bera: Married to Bjorn, gets pregnant and has three boys, one is half elk, and another has dog feet because she ate the bear meat.
Bjorn: Marries Bera, he is cursed and turned into a bear because he turns down queen Hvit’s request of sleeping in the same bed. Hring is his father.
Bodvar Bjarki: Bjorn and Bera’s second born son, Bera’s favorite son, he is the third born son.
Drifa: Daughter of King Hrolf
Elk-Frodi: One of Bera and Bjorn’s son, the second son, he is half elk and goes to be an outlaw in the mountains and kills people for money.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Beowulf part 3 Questions
1) I don't think Beowulf is a good king because he is to worried about himself rather then his people. Beowulf didn't realize he left his country vulnerable and weak because he didn't spend time training his army, instead he decided to fight the dragon by himself at the age of around 90.
2) I think the most important part of part three is Beowulf's Death. It shows how all he wanted was glory, He dies fighting the dragon by himself at a very old age, he leaves his country weak and vulnerable because he didn't train his warriors and he left someone with no experience and has had no chance to prove himself as the king. When Beowulf dies he still wanted glory at his funeral with the treasure.
3)The most interesting part of Beowulf is all the symbols and allusion to Christianity when this is a pegan story. Like when Beowulf was giving the speech about warriors and saying how god would want you to suck it up and be a man, when that is not christian at all.
4) The Dragon symbolizes death and evil. The Dragon is also Beowulf's tragic downfall, because him dying left his country vulnerably and it showed how bad of a king Beowulf was.
2) I think the most important part of part three is Beowulf's Death. It shows how all he wanted was glory, He dies fighting the dragon by himself at a very old age, he leaves his country weak and vulnerable because he didn't train his warriors and he left someone with no experience and has had no chance to prove himself as the king. When Beowulf dies he still wanted glory at his funeral with the treasure.
3)The most interesting part of Beowulf is all the symbols and allusion to Christianity when this is a pegan story. Like when Beowulf was giving the speech about warriors and saying how god would want you to suck it up and be a man, when that is not christian at all.
4) The Dragon symbolizes death and evil. The Dragon is also Beowulf's tragic downfall, because him dying left his country vulnerably and it showed how bad of a king Beowulf was.
Beowulf words of the day 2
Because it was too expensive, the vanilla yogurt was obsolete.
ThePaucity of cupcakes was not enough to share with everyone.
She perused the letter that was sent by her grandmother.
Martha told Kim to go help their grandma make pie but she officious the proposal.
Kim mitigated the cake so everyone could get a piece.
Bill was a perfidy to his people and was exiled.
The morose man did not laugh all night.
ThePaucity of cupcakes was not enough to share with everyone.
She perused the letter that was sent by her grandmother.
Martha told Kim to go help their grandma make pie but she officious the proposal.
Kim mitigated the cake so everyone could get a piece.
Bill was a perfidy to his people and was exiled.
The morose man did not laugh all night.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Beowulf part 2
Themes:
Role of Warriors: Beowulf swims down to Grendel's lair to fight Grendel's mom.
Role of Women: Queen Modthryth is a bad Queen, she acts like a man and killed anyone who looked at her wrong, then she marries Offa and becomes a good Queen. Grendel's mom comes back for her son's arm and kills Hrothgar's warriors. Hygd, Hygelac's Queen goes around and passes out mead at Beowulf's party.
Role of King: Hrothgar is a good king and gives Beowulf presents for saving his kingdom. Beowulf is compared to Heremod and is paralleled to Shield.
Christianity vs. Peg an: The Monk represents paganism, the sword made by the giant represents paganism, Hrothgar gives a speech about how God was watching Beowulf the night of his fight, Grendel's mom represents paganism. Beowulf gives his speech for the warriors and tells them god wants them to suck it up.
Allusion: Hilt/sword alludes to Noah
Symbols: Grendel's Home is like hell, the sword not made by men Symbols Paganism.
Foreshadow: Hrothgar foreshadows Beowulf becoming king,lines 1873 to 1876 foreshadow Hrothgar's death.
Kenning: Gold giver-Hygelac, monstrous hell-bride-Grendel's Mother
appositive: Hrethel's son and heir, Hygelac the gold-giver makes his home.
Role of Warriors: Beowulf swims down to Grendel's lair to fight Grendel's mom.
Role of Women: Queen Modthryth is a bad Queen, she acts like a man and killed anyone who looked at her wrong, then she marries Offa and becomes a good Queen. Grendel's mom comes back for her son's arm and kills Hrothgar's warriors. Hygd, Hygelac's Queen goes around and passes out mead at Beowulf's party.
Role of King: Hrothgar is a good king and gives Beowulf presents for saving his kingdom. Beowulf is compared to Heremod and is paralleled to Shield.
Christianity vs. Peg an: The Monk represents paganism, the sword made by the giant represents paganism, Hrothgar gives a speech about how God was watching Beowulf the night of his fight, Grendel's mom represents paganism. Beowulf gives his speech for the warriors and tells them god wants them to suck it up.
Allusion: Hilt/sword alludes to Noah
Symbols: Grendel's Home is like hell, the sword not made by men Symbols Paganism.
Foreshadow: Hrothgar foreshadows Beowulf becoming king,lines 1873 to 1876 foreshadow Hrothgar's death.
Kenning: Gold giver-Hygelac, monstrous hell-bride-Grendel's Mother
appositive: Hrethel's son and heir, Hygelac the gold-giver makes his home.
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