Beowulf by Amy Frausto https://padlet.com/fraustoa/o8fe9q0453pf Reading Notes en-us 2016-09-08 13:09:39 UTC 2025-12-05 14:24:56 UTC hello@padlet.com Alliteration fraustoa https://padlet.com/fraustoa/o8fe9q0453pf/wish/122411203 repetition of initial consonant sounds (lines 286, 288, 290)
"swampland, sliding, silently"
"In his fists till they cracked, clutched Grendel closer"]]> 2016-09-08 13:10:21 UTC https://padlet.com/fraustoa/o8fe9q0453pf/wish/122411203 Purge fraustoa https://padlet.com/fraustoa/o8fe9q0453pf/wish/122411584 purify; cleanse (pg 48)]]> 2016-09-08 13:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/fraustoa/o8fe9q0453pf/wish/122411584 Foreshadowing fraustoa https://padlet.com/fraustoa/o8fe9q0453pf/wish/122412507 pointing to what will happen in the future (lines 309-310)
"But fate, that night, intended Grendel to gnaw the broken bones of his last supper"]]> 2016-09-08 13:13:23 UTC https://padlet.com/fraustoa/o8fe9q0453pf/wish/122412507 Kenning fraustoa https://padlet.com/fraustoa/o8fe9q0453pf/wish/122414370 a 2 or 3 word metaphor used in old Anglo-Saxon tales
Modern example: Michael Jackson = King of Pop
Beowulf example: 
Grendel = shepherd of evil, guardian of crime, Almighty's enemy
Beowulf = Edgetho's brave son]]> 2016-09-08 13:17:30 UTC https://padlet.com/fraustoa/o8fe9q0453pf/wish/122414370 Sinew fraustoa https://padlet.com/fraustoa/o8fe9q0453pf/wish/122418713 muscle]]> 2016-09-08 13:26:38 UTC https://padlet.com/fraustoa/o8fe9q0453pf/wish/122418713 Beowulf defeats & injures Grendel, but does not kill him  fraustoa https://padlet.com/fraustoa/o8fe9q0453pf/wish/122419391 line 410]]> 2016-09-08 13:28:06 UTC https://padlet.com/fraustoa/o8fe9q0453pf/wish/122419391 Hrunting fraustoa https://padlet.com/fraustoa/o8fe9q0453pf/wish/122421025 the name of Beowulf's sword (line 465)]]> 2016-09-08 13:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/fraustoa/o8fe9q0453pf/wish/122421025 Simile fraustoa https://padlet.com/fraustoa/o8fe9q0453pf/wish/122422537 Uses "like'" or "as" to compare 2 things
(line 491)
"The lake was like a fiery flame"]]> 2016-09-08 13:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/fraustoa/o8fe9q0453pf/wish/122422537 Personification fraustoa https://padlet.com/fraustoa/o8fe9q0453pf/wish/122423040 giving human qualities to non-human things
"The iron (sword) sang its fierce song" (line 494)]]> 2016-09-08 13:35:31 UTC https://padlet.com/fraustoa/o8fe9q0453pf/wish/122423040 Battle with Beowulf's mom fraustoa https://padlet.com/fraustoa/o8fe9q0453pf/wish/122424555 Beowulf goes under water to fight Beowulf's mom. He is almost ready to be killed when he gets a magic sword from the hall.  He kills her with this sword. Beowulf finds injured Grendel & cuts off his head (trophy). ]]> 2016-09-08 13:38:33 UTC https://padlet.com/fraustoa/o8fe9q0453pf/wish/122424555 Literary Christ Figure fraustoa https://padlet.com/fraustoa/o8fe9q0453pf/wish/122426043 hero of a story does something that is similar to the story of Christ (page 55)
Beowulf goes underwater to fight a hellish-like creature. Followers think he is surely dead. ]]> 2016-09-08 13:41:43 UTC https://padlet.com/fraustoa/o8fe9q0453pf/wish/122426043 Wiglaf fraustoa https://padlet.com/fraustoa/o8fe9q0453pf/wish/122431574 pronounced (We louf)]]> 2016-09-08 13:55:00 UTC https://padlet.com/fraustoa/o8fe9q0453pf/wish/122431574