| Plot |
Character |
Genre |
| Meter |
Alliteration |
Foot |
| Iamb |
Trochee |
Anapest |
| Dactyl |
Monometer (etc.) |
Scansion |
| Apposition |
Cubism |
Symbol |
| Comitatus |
Thane |
Bede |
| Hild |
Caedmon |
Alfred |
| Geats |
Swedes |
East Anglia |
| Raedwald |
Thor |
Ragnarrök |
| Marduk |
Krishna |
Cain |
| Angles |
Saxons |
Jutes |
| Exeter Book |
Vitellius A.xv |
Cotton |
| manuscript |
vellum |
script form |
| Vortigern |
Rome |
Vikings |
Issues for Consideration:
1. Parallelism in Beowulf
2. Major themes in OE poetry
and specific illustrations
3. Pagan/Christian coloring
of Beowulf
4. Kingship in Beowulf
5. Appositive style and
aesthetic experience
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