English Final

Terms/Concepts


  • The Germanic Heroic Code + significance beowulf: weregild (i kill u if u kill my brother), reciprocal loyalty, physical strength, honor

  • The Code of Chivalry + significance loyalty, honor, generosity, piety, courtesy 

  • The Green Girdle + significance truth, honor, complexities of human nature

  • Jellybeans + significance chaos fall into city and mess up schedule

  • The dragon’s cup + significance it stolen and killed beowulf’s kingdom

  • Civil Disobedience + significance nonviolent rebellion

  • Macbeth’s daggers + significance takes with him after killing Duncan=spiral

  • King James I and VI king of england when beowulf was written, order the translation of the king james bible


Authors (biographical information)


  • Harlan Ellison science fiction writer, known as temperamental, sent dead gopher at producer bc mad, always angry bc bullied for being short & jewish

  • The Beowulf poet (Anonymous) do not know who he is but that he is a monk

  • The Gawain poet (Anonymous) assume he a member of the royal court & had a daughter who passed away

  • William Shakespeare middle class not great educated, was patronized by elizabeth and james, wrote macbeth, had children, wife anne hathaway


Works


  • “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman 

  • Beowulf

  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

  • Macbeth


Characters


  • The Harlequin did not agree with the ticktockman & scheduled

  • The Ticktockman time keeper, in control of master schedule, he off schedule

  • Pretty Alice Harlequins wife that “snitches”

  • Beowulf rips off grendel's mom, kills grendel's mom and dragon, strong arrogant

  • Grendel killed by beowulf, cain descendant and ate people

  • Grendel’s Mother grendel’s mom and doesn't talk, symbol of patriarchal fear (women in men fields and follows the codes despite that they say she's evil) 

  • The Dragon killed beowulf, cub stolen and burn kingdom down

  • Hrothgar king of the danes (people beowulf goes to save), old, married to Wealhtheow and have children (2?), entire kingdom falls and dies

  • Wealhtheow Hrothgar's wife, peaceweaver, “can't adopt beowulf we have children”

  • Gawain king arthur's(rules camelot) nephew, knight, protagonist, messes up but owns up to mistakes, naive, played by dev patel

  • Lord Bertilak the green knight, exchange of winnings and rich

  • Lady Bertilak lord betilak’s wife, temptress, gives the girdle, participates in courtly love

  • Morgan le Fay old lady, arthur's sister, behind everything bc she wants them to fail

  • The Green Knight lord bertilak, challenges gawain to beheading game, green (insanity, witch craft, and nature), can’t die, could be fayelord

  • Macbeth thane of cawdor and glams king of scotland, easily manipulated, banquo’s friend

  • Lady Macbeth macbeth’s wife, hates children, mastermind of plans, stand outside of societal roles, goes insane from guilt (sleepwalking)

  • Banquo macbeth’s friend, gets prophecies, dies in ditch, descendants are kings, fleance is son

  • Duncan former king of scotland, killed by macbeth, sons flee (malcolm and dunaben) 

  • Macduff hero, kills macbeth, responsible for the death of his wife and children, been suspicious of macbeth, c-section baby

The Witches give prophecies, agents of chaos, work for devil/hecate