Lit Beawulf, Tristan and isolde, le Morte de Arthur

Qualities of the epic hero

a) noble birth

b) traits match ideals of society

c) courageous superhuman deeds

d) actions determine fate of group

convention of the epic

a) vast setting (more than one nation)

b) long journey / plot complicated by super humans

c) long formal speeches

d) them reflects timeless values (good evil, life death)

anglo saxon culture

a) strength, courage, leadership qualities

b) expected leader to boast

c) good beats evil

d) revenge from victim’s family

e)boasts backed by actions

f) fate controls

g) fair fights

wyrd

fate

Traits of Lancelot (Arthur’s fav knight)

peaceful

courteous

noble

loyal

Traits of Sir Gawain (Arthur’s fav nephew)

manipulative

prideful

redeeming

Traits for Modred (Arthur’s son from another wife)

sneaky

backstabbing

greedy

Traits for king Arthur 

leadership

loyal 

coward

influenced 

stubborn

COMPARE AND CONTRAST Wiglaf and Bedeviere

they were both at there at their kings death and told to do something

wiglaf was told to complete Beawulf’s dying wishes

Bedievere was told to return Arthur’s sword back to the ocean

Gwenevere’s significance/plot

king arthur’s wife and almost stolen by Sir launcelet almost burned at the stake, wanted by Modred and displays intelligence by avoiding Modred and his army in a tower.

hrunting

beawulf’s sword that he used to kill dragon. 

literary devices

alliteration, allusion, imagery, foreshadowing, metaphor, oxymoroon

literary elements

plot, setting, and characters

higlac

king of the geats (cousins w beawulf)

geats

people of sweden

danes 

people of denmark

hrothgar 

king of danes 

herot

mead hall in denmark

edgetho 

beowulf’s dad

hergar 

older bro to hrothgar, better man, after his death hrothgar ended edgetho’s fight

King Ban

Lancelot’s father

Sir Bor’s

Lancelot’s cousin

Sir Lyonel 

Lancelot’s cousin

King Bagdemagus and Sir Galyhud 

Lancelot’s lords that urge him to fight Aruther back 

Morholt

Islodes uncle that Tristan killed

Themes for Tristan and Islode

Don’t interfere in other peoples lives, True love always provales, Miscommunication/lack of leads to tragedies

Themes for Beowulf 

Having too much pride leads to tragedies, People with true loyalty with never leave your side

Themes for d’Arthur 

Revenge leads to tragedies, true knights stay loyal no matter what

Beowulf

• unknown author

• Epic poem

• between 8th and 11th centuries

Le Morte d’Arthur

• Author: Sir Thomas Malory

• Epic prose

• between 1469-1470

Tristan and Isolde 

• Author: Gottfried Von Strassburg 

• Celtric legend 

• 12th century Romance