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H.Eng.4 Exam1 Pt.1
Honors English IV Semester 1 Exam Section 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Definition of archetype | Pattern or theme that occurs in many different cultures |
| Heroism background -- types of heroic deeds | Physical - hero war act saving life, sacrifice; Spiritual - learned/found or experienced supernatural and communicated it, gone and returned |
| Heroism background -- causes of adventures | 1. Followed animal / transformation (unintentional); 2. Sets out to find the deed / do the quests (intentional); 3. Thrown / drafted into army (unintentional) |
| Epic definition | a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation. |
| Epic origin | Originally composed in England somewhere between the 7th and 10th centuries. |
| Epic digressions | the act of departing from the main subject in speech or writing to discuss an apparently unrelated topic |
| Epic source | Unknown; It was originally an oral story presumably told with the aid of minstrels, then was written down by an unknown author between the 7th and 10th centuries. |
| Epic - language | Anglo-Saxon / Old English |
| Cause of Grendel's anger | Pure hatred of the men's celebrations and happiness / pure evil |
| Ecgtheow | Beowulf's father |
| Heorot | The hall which Grendel attacks |
| Hrothgar | The leader of the Danes |
| Naegling | The sword Beowulf takes to kill the dragon |
| Unferth | The Danish man who claims that Beowulf lost a swimming match then sides with Beowulf and loans Beowulf his sword |
| Wiglaf | The man who remains forever loyal to Beowulf |
| Beowulf's motivation for fighting Grendel | Seeking fame and glory as a warrior, but also to help Hrothgar who once helped his father |
| Anticleia | Odysseus' mother who dies of longing for him |
| Antinoos | An outspoken suitor |
| Charybdis | The whirlpool |
| Eumaios | Odysseus' swineherd on Ithaca |
| Helios | The sun god |
| Laertes | Odysseus' father |
| Penelope | The female epitome of patience |
| Scylla | A six-headed monster |
| Tiresias | Blind seer who guides Odysseus |
| Telemachus | Odysseus' son who seeks him out |
| Length of Odysseus' absence | 20 years |
| Phaiacians' role with Odysseus | Navigate a ship and take Odysseus home |
| Odysseus' appeasement of Poseidon | Take an oar and walk so far inland that he reaches people who don't know what boats are and teach them |
| Athena's status and role | goddess that guides Odysseus home and helps Telemachus on his journey |
| Penelope's trick | unravels her weaving every night for Laerte's funeral shroud |
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