CE 2019-II and Beowulf

CE 2019-II and Beowulf
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CE 2019-II and Beowulf

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Programme
- Take a look at your test
- CE 2019-II: discuss texts 3 + 4
- Literature: Beowulf

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Take a look at your test

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Exam training
Let's discuss CE 2019-II texts 3 and 4

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Beowulf

  • Let's read pages 5 and 6

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Why is Beowulf probably older than the late 10th century, do you think?

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Anglo-saxon kingdoms

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Hwæt! We Gardena in geardagum,
þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon,
hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon.
Oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum,
monegum mægþum, meodosetla ofteah,
egsode eorlas. Syððan ærest wearð
feasceaft funden, he þæs frofre gebad,
weox under wolcnum, weorðmyndum þah,
oðþæt him æghwylc þara ymbsittendra
ofer hronrade hyran scolde,
gomban gyldan. þæt wæs god cyning!

Listen! We of the Spear-Danes in the days of yore, of those clan-kings, heard of their glory,
how those nobles performed courageous deeds.
Often Scyld, Scef's son, from enemy hosts
from many peoples seized mead-benches;
and terrorised the fearsome Heruli after first he was found helpless and destitute, he then knew recompense for that,
he waxed under the clouds, throve in honours,
until to him each of the bordering tribes
beyond the whale-road had to submit,
and yield tribute. That was a good king!

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Alliteration (alliteratie)

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What examples of alliteration can you find in the translated text on page 9?

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Riddles
The Anglo-Saxons loved riddles. They told each other riddles as well as listening to poems at their feasts. Some of the riddles were written down, so we are able to read them today.

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Riddle #1
Four dilly-dandies (teats on the udder)
Four stick standies (legs)
Two crookers (horns)
Two lookers (eyes)
And a wig wag (tail)

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Now it's your turn: Riddle #2
When I am alive I do not speak
Anyone who wants to take me captive and cuts off my head
They bite my bare body
I do no harm to anyone unless they cut me first
Then I soon make them cry

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What do you think it is?

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Answer: an onion

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Riddle #3: A creature and its home
My home is not quiet but I am not loud.
The lord has meant us to journey together.
I am faster than he and sometimes stronger,
But he keeps on going for longer.
Sometimes I rest but he runs on.
For as long as I am alive I live in him.
If we part from one another
It is I who will die.

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What do you think it is?

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Answer: a fish in a river

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Riddle #4: There are lots of these in the story of Beowulf.


I am all on my own, wounded by iron weapons and scarred by swords.
I often see battle. I am tired of fighting.
I do not expect to be allowed to retire from warfare
Before I am completely done for.
At the wall of the city, I am knocked about and bitten again and again.
Hard edged things made by the blacksmith's hammer attack me.
Each time I wait for something worse.
I have never been able to find a doctor who could make me better
Or give me medicine made from herbs.
Instead the sword gashes all over me grow bigger day and night.

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What do you think it is?

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Answer: a shield

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Exam training
Work on CE 2019-II texts 5 and 6,
if time

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Remember...
... to bring your SB, CE 2019-II and your device + earphones to class.
... to look for a book for period 2! Deadline = tomorrow

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