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- tumult
- uproar, confusion
- restitution
- repayment
- candor
- honesty and frankness
- revelry
- joyful merry making
- ardor
- passion, enthusiasm
- tremulous
- quivering, shaking
- profusion
- a large supply
- formidable
- strikingly impressive
- disdainful
- lack of respect and dislike
- lavished
- very generous
- aloof
- reserved, remote
- adorn
- to decorate
- glowered
- to glare, stare at
- avail
- to be useful to
- pliant
- flexible
- myth
- explains belief or ritual, religious because of relationship between gods and humans.
- homeric similie
- compares heroic events to easy understandable everyday terms.
- invocation
- a prayer asking God's help
- alter ego
- reflection of heroes best and worst qualities.
- rhapsodies
- wandering bards or minstrels
- hero
- someone who accompanies the beliefs of the society at that time.
- muses
- daughters of zeus
- epic
- long narrative poem that tells of a hero who embodies the values of the culture
- history of the odyssey
- comes from the iliad. trojan war. struggle for waterway.
- plot summary of the odyssey
- odysseus is on a journey to return from the trojan war and faces gods and struggles along the way in order to see the ones he loves.
- protagonist in the odyssey
- odysseus
- antagonist in the odyssey
- gods.
- setting of the odyssey
- rumbling sea, countryside of ithcaca. many small islands.
- pov of odyssey
- omniscient
- conflict of odyssey
- external
- tone of odyssey
- frantic, hectic
- theme of the odyssey
- mental strength takes you further than physical strength.
- scop
- traveling minstrel
- alliteration
- repetition of words beginning with same letter.
- personification
- giving human traits to something unhuman
- central conflict
- main conflict in a story
- wyrd
- fate
- kenning
- colorful terms for something ordinary
- dates of anglo saxon period
- (449-1066)
- werglid
- man price-- equal pay back for a wrong doing.
- the importance of beowulf today
- only written work from this time period. brought anglo saxon beliefs with them.
- anglo saxon beliefs
- pagan beliefs later christianity.
- characterisitcs of heroes in anglo-saxon times
- courage, strength, dignity.
- central conflict in beowulf
- good vs. evil.
- one sentence plot summary of beowulf.
- beowulf travels the length of the sea to help a town under the attack of amonster. after killing that monster, he goes underwater and kills the first monster's mother. then dies fighting the dragon.
- setting of beowulf
- denmark and geatland
- pov of beowulf
- omniscient
- conflict in beowulf
- external.
- medieval period dates
- (1066-1485)
- posthumous
- occuring after ones death
- undaunted
- not shaken, or discouraged
- fathom
- 6ft in length
- vaunting
- boastful, to show off
- condescend
- to think youre better than someone
- recreant
- a coward
- elitist
- someone who thinks theyre better
- gallant
- unflinching in battle or action
- compunction
- shame or regret
- behoove
- to be neccesary
- smote
- a heavy blow
- feint
- trick
- wary
- leery and distrustful
- deftly
- skillfully, quick, clean movements
- medieval romance
- a story that reveals chivalry
- arthurian tales
- story written about arthur and his knights
- the norman conquest
- descendants of vikings invaded coast of france with french dialect and french ways, they organized themselves into feudalism. william had family ties to edward the confessor. edward died. harold 2 was king. william led troops and by force killed harold at the battle of hastings. william then became william the conqueror.
- war of roses
- king henry VI suffered a bout of madness so his cousin took the throne as he recovered. henry returned and richard wouldnt leave without a fight-- the war of roses. york won and richards son, henry took throne. he ruled until death. then his son took throne. his son and brother dissapeared in the tower of london with richard. then he took throne. henry tudor rebelled and killed him. henry became king and married richard's niece, uniting the two houses.
- black plague
- since towns were rising, it led to unsanitary conditions and infectious diseases grew. it killed 1/3 of the population.
- code of chivalry
- death before dishonor loyalty to king avenge the wronged protect the innocent courtest toward ladies battle is test of manhood defend your charge combat evil.
- feudal system
- king- crown and church barons- controlled land knights-recieved small portions of land for loyalty to king freeman and serfs- lowest class, worked.
- litany
- repetitive prayer or repetition
- retribution
- punishment
- constitutes
- make up, form
- diverting
- entertaining
- disposition
- usual frame of mind
- immolation
- destruction
- supplication
- humble plea or request
- obstinate
- stubborn
- refuge
- shelter
- exhilarates
- gladdens, excites
- impulse
- sudden desire
- scourge
- great suffering
- beleaguered
- surrounded for an attack
- disarming
- removing or lessening suspicions or fears
- dilapidated
- falling apart
- invariably
- always, without changing
- connoisseurship
- expert knowledge
- precluded
- to prevent
- ascetic
- severe self discipline
- imprudent
- unwise
- sacrilegious
- disrespect towards a religion
- carnage
- widespread slaughter
- impunity
- freedom from punishment or harm
- ruse
- trick
- surmounted
- overcome
- prosaic
- ordinary
- suffuse
- spread throughout