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Beowulf Notecards Due Friday

You should have the following cards: People to know: Beowulf Hrothgar Wealhtheow Unferth Hygelac Wiglaf Place to know: Heorot Hall Grendel’s Home Words to know: Funerals Kennings Fire Swords Monsters to know: Grendel Grendel’s Mom Dragon Ideas to know: 7 Deadly Sins 7 Virtues Wyrd Comitatus

For the cards about a person: Name Nationality Role/brief description Think about what is special about the character, or makes him/her stand out from others.

For the cards about places: Name of the Place Who lives there? Brief description of place, what happened there

For the cards about words: The word Definition Examples (if applicable) Importance of word or concept

For the cards about the monsters: Name Significance of monster Monster’s motivation for attacking, and what the monster attacks

For the cards about ideas: Definition/explanation Examples (if applicable) Importance of idea (if applicable)

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