1. BEOWULF THE POEM BY: ALICIA glISSON 2 SEPTEMBER 2009

2. BEOWULF 3,182 LINES TOTAL 720-796 A.D. PRESERVED IN THE COTTON VITELLIUS A XV MANUSCRIPT UNKNOWN AUTHOR CHARACTERS BELONG TO THE GERMANIC TRADITON PRESERVED THROUGH ORAL TRADITIONS

3. BACKGROUND FIRST EPIC POEM IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ABOUT THIS BRAVE WARRIOR THAT VANQUISHES EVIL MONSTERS THE AUTHOR LIVED IN WHAT IS NOW ENGLAND FUSES GERMANIC HISTORY, LEGENDS, MYTHOLOGY, AND IDEALS WITH CHRISTIAN FAITH AND VALUES

4. TIME AND PLACE SET IN DENMARK AND GEATLAND IN THE SIXTH CENTURY

5. CHARACTERS BEOWULF-IDEAL WARRIOR OF THE GEATS AND HERO OF THE POEM DRAGON-FIRE-BREATHING, SNAKELIKE MONSTER GRENDEL-MONSTER WITH HUMAN QUALITIES GRENDEL’S MOTHER-MONSTER THAT TERRORIZES HEROT

6. CHARACTERS HROTHGAR-DANISH KING AND BIULDER OF HEROT HIGLAC-KING OF THE GEATS AND UNCLE TO BEOWULF SHILD-LEGENDARY KING OF THE DANES UNFERTH-A WARRIOR IN HROTHGAR’S COURT THAT CHALLENGES BEOWULF’S BRAVERY

7. MORE CHARACTERS WELTHOW-HROTHGARS WIFEY WIGLAF-A YOUNG WARRIOR AND RELATIVE OF BEOWULF

8. PICTURES

9. WIGLAF AND BEOWULF

10. WORKS CITED HTTP://WWW.BEOWULFEPIC.COM