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Literature
Undergraduate 1
12/07/2011

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what makes a beowulf a good king?
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pillaging surrounding people and protecting providing for his people
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sop
Definition
a board or poet in anglo-saxon england
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Kenning
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a conventional poetic phrase used for an an additional name of a person or thing
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details of underwater party in beowulf
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killing of gendals mom pg 1210 or flying for 20 days btw beowolf and unferth
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how does donattism connect to augustine
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belief that if a pastor does wrong in personal life-all things done as a partor become void augustine disagrees with this
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according to augusine what is the difference between men and boys
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the price of their toys! boys get in trouble for doing the same thing men do
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significance of augustine and pears
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augustine and friends stole pears unnecessarily and threw away for the pure sake of evil enjoyment "people do evil things just to be evil"
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why does dragon go crazy in bewolf
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a thief disturbs the dragons den, where the dragon protects treasures. thief stole golden goblet.
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plagiarism:
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belief that humans are born perfect and grow into sin.
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why should augustine have cared more about math
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more concerned with fake things of the world than real things such as math
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how was grenadas mom killed
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beowulf used the magic sword that was made for giants to kill her underwater
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how and why was beowulf buried
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how: buried on top of mountain with the treasure from the dragon
why: so that he could be seen
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plot of beowulf (5 main points)
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main points :
war hero
kills swamp monstoers: grendal and mand
becomes king of danes
when 50 years have gone by person irritates dragon, beowulf kills dragon
dragon bites his neckw/ poison and he dies
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wyrd
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fate that is controlling your life
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flyting
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boasting game
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explain existence of beowolf manuscript
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all books compiled into 1 library caught firre. all books destroyed- except beowolf, which was thrown out the window
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according to augustine, what is adultery and fortification
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anything that draws more attentions than god
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