the oldest english epic poem
the hero
fights monsters
warrior
strong, cunning, wise, generous, courageous, fearless, moral, good
the monsters
Beowulf vs Grendel
Beowulf vs Grendel's mother
Beowulf vs Dragon
Romans
Jutes, Saxon and Angles
Anglo-Saxon
"Angle-Lond" (England)
Pagan gods and Christianity (Augustine)
scops
Poet, teacher, historian, keeper of culture
orally tradition
Roman influence
Ovid, Horace, Cicero, Virgil
written tradition
Alfred the Great
schools
texts translated into English
the Noel Codex
the oldest piece of English literature
the oldest English epic hero
the oldest English dragon-slayer
literary icon
Anglo-saxon society
literary devices
metaphor, irony, foreshadowing,
understatement, alliteration
Hero's Code of Values