1-4&7

1. The unKnight was originally going to be killed, but the Queen interveans and he goes on a quest and the fruits of that expedition determin his fate.

2. That he will do anything she wants(he lucks out in the end but doesn't think so at first).

3. That women want to be the ones in charge of them selves and their men.

4. First he is all happy and greatful for her help, then when she wants him to marry her he freaks out but has to go along with it, he refuses to do any thing with her. After she rebuks his whinning she gives him to options(and a third unsated one), he merracusly sobers up and pike the third one that she should pick and she turns in to beautiful young lady and then the unKnight is uber happy with her.

7. I think it was a bad outcome because he should have been hung for his actions but lives anyways(and is married to pretty wife), one reson in my opinion for this ending is because of her adence. This teaches people that they can be cruel and mean and then get rewarded for their crimes.

Grammer complexness

4. If we will not be able to resolve the situation amicablly, we must be willing to leave our prejudices at the door.

5. Although Tom had listened to the music of Bruce Springsteen for years, he had no idea a live preformance could be so exciting.

6. Eventhough the team has suffered its share of injuries this year, it could have improved its preformance by giving Flynn more time on the feild.


3. although, Contrast

4. Once, Condition

5. if, Condition

Vocab 2.0

Courtliness-N-Elagent-

Sedately-ADV-calmly-

Personable-ADJ-pretty/attractive person and/or good personality-

Accrue-V-gain-

Malady-N-a disease-

Entreaty-N-ernest request-

Manifest-ADJ-easly understood/perceived-

Moras-N-time that equals a short sound-

Slake-V-cool/refresh-

Prehensile-ADJ-adapted to grasp-

Grammer thing 1-1-5 & 5-1-3

1. penny
2. genius, lunatic
3. for the students & for the teachers
4. work fast, ask few questions, generally keep a low profile
5. your homework, your e-mail, your chores

1. Anaphora, Bacon uses the repitition of the word "to" in a series of parallel clauses which make the reader wait for the point of the sentance.
Wright a letter to your parents; it has to be sent by e-mail.

2. Antithesis, the parallel structure emphasizes and life being long and short(respectively).
Choose to succeed today or to fail tomarow.

3. Zugma, Wilde is comparing flowers to people and there is inconsistency in the word pattern but makes sence in terms of meaning.
Keep your friends close, and your enimies closer.

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      King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table are well known to many. Although King Arthur was depicted at different times in his life in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Le Morte d'Arthur, he was still the same type of man at each point in his life. He made potentially un-kingly decisions, one of which, cost him his life.

In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, King Arthur is young, and the kingdom is filled  with parties and merriment. The king is known for his polite and chivalrous behavior. “The handsomest king that ever kept court, All in that hall were beautiful, young and, of their kind, The happiest under heaven, a king of powerful mind; A company so proven Would now be hard to find” (Pg. 4 & 5 sb). During this time he was in a good mood. “He was in merry mood, like mischievous boy” (Pg. 6sb). Then the Green Knight arrived and he asked the knights to play a game in which he tells them to chop his head off. Nobody carried out his wishes so he called them yellow-bellied chickens. King Arthur grabbed the axe to do the job but before he does Gawain saved him. King Arthur made neutral decisions that meant they are nether bad or good. Sometimes, he potentially made un-kingly decisions and had to be rescued by his knights. “Gawain Bows to the king, gives sign: Please my good liege, it’s plain This little fight is mine” (Pg.14 sm). Thus saving King Arthur from another bad decision.

In Le Morte d'Arthur, King Arthur was older, king for a number of years, and had been to war a few times. He had become more serious and had grown up. Tragically, he

listened to his nephew, Sir Gawain, who wanted revenge on Sir Launcelot for killing his brothers. “On the advice of Sir Gawain, started laying waste all before him (Pg. 248 bb).

In his absence, Sir Modred usurped Arthur’s throne. King Arthur returned and planed to fight his son for his kingdom. Sir Gawain’s wounds from fighting Sir Laucelot opened up, and he died. He returned in a vision to King Arthur and told him not to battle his son until Sir Lancelot could come and help. Unfortunately, one of the knights was attacked by a snake and drew his sword after a peace signing treaty so a battled ensued. Only King Arthur, two of his lower knights, and Sir Modred survived. King Arthur, known for making bad decisions, went after Sir Modred. “My lords, I care nothing for my life now? And while Sir Modred is at large I must kill him: there may not be another chance” (Pg. 258 bb). Since all his top knights weren’t there, no one was there to prevent him from doing the un-kingly thing. This resulted in his death.

Due to the inability of Arthur’s knights to rescue him from his decision to go after Sir Modred, he was killed. The result was that there were no winners. Britain lost both of their kings; Sir Modred and King Arthur and at least 160,000 soldiers were killed. 

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1. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight can be viewed as a journey from life to death and back to life. Discuss how this works.
Sir Gawain starts out at the beginning of his journey from Camelot. He jurnies through the wilderness to the Green Chapel.  He comes across a castle and plays a game with the King. When he goes to the Green Chapel (he suposedly dies here) he is nicked by the blow from the Green Knight's axe and dies (mentaly/spiritually) when he is told by the Green Knight that it was all a game and that he did well at it and that is why he was only nicked. Sir Gawain is reborn when he starts his journey back to Camelot (broken by his own doing).

2. Sir Gawain is reborn both physically and spiritually at the end of the book how?Sir Gawain dies whe he leaves camolot and is reborn when he returns. Sir Gawain dies spiritually when he realizes the whole thing was a game and as a Knight he should have been fully truthfull with the King/Green Knight.

3. Whose Point of View are we suppose to exact at the end of the book? Why?
I think that we should goe with the Green Knight's view because life is a game and Sir Gwain did really well at it (but still throws a fit that he "failed").

4. Is Gawain ruined as a knight or will we see great deeds from him again?
He is ruend as a knight but only because he won't let go and learn from his very very mior failing. Which wasn't much of one because he didn't want to die.

5. In your opinion who is really in control?
The Green Knight and Morgan set it up into an unescapeable trap but Sir gwain is the one driving in his choices.

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1) Compare each of the hunting scenes with the bedroom scenes in the castle. Explain how the hunting scenes symbolize what is going on in the bedroom and explore how the differ animals hunted relate to the different tactics used by the lady each day.
(other two were posted earlier)On the thrid day the King is out hunting a fox wich try's to escape,(uncharactoristly it swiched over in the same paragraph) in the bed room the lady tricks the Knight into thinking that her belt is magic (after he rejected her and the ring) and who ever were's it will not be hurt by a sword, so he takes it wich means he beleved in magic more then god(not good for a Knight).

2) What is your impression of Gawain during this section? How do you think he behaves? Does he uphold his honor while not dishonoring the lady and the lord?
He acts as a true Kinight should, up untill he promises not to tell the King about his gift from the Queen.

3) What is the climax of the book?
When He keeps the belt for himself and doesn't give the King it.

4) What does the girdle symbolize?
Magic, Paganisum, and The betrayal of god, because

5) There are a few allusions to Christ, Mary and faith (or failure of faith) can you pick a couple out and discuss why they are there?
The shield represents god by having the vergin mary in the back and the cross for christ, the reson why they are there is because Gawain belives god will save him (well untill he gets the belt). The belt reresents magic(paganisum) which is also the Devil.

6) How does Gawain fail in this section? 
He failed because he beleaved more in magic and told a lie to the King insteand of beleaving that God will protect him(which probobly wouldn't really help).

Hunt vs. Seduction attempt #'s 1&2

First Hunt vs. Seduction attempt

First, the hunters trap the deer, and then they slaughter them in a giant mound. This compares to the queen trapping Sir Gawain in his room when he pretends to be asleep and hopes she leaves. Instead, she sits there creepily waiting for him to wake up. Then he has to talk his way out of the trap, which he succeeds in doing even though it takes a while.

Second Hunt vs. Seduction attempt

The hunters are trying to kill a boar, and it kills a bunch of the hounds and gores some of the hunters. Eventually, it is killed by the king who slays it with a large sword. The queen is upfront and tells Sir Gawain that he is knowledgable in love. Sir Gawain says that he's flattered, but the queen is more experienced and compares her to an army vs. just one knight.

MK-graphic-thingy

	Text	Me	Conclusions
Personality	She is honest about herself and she only tries to speak the truth	Good that she is her own person	She is strong willed
Beliefs	She is very religious (understatement of the century)	She believes that if she didn’t confess she would be attacked but didn’t get to finish & Jesus saved her	She has been driven crazy by the jerkish religious dude
Illness	She thought she was going to die	She went out of her mind when the priest was mean to her	Most of her illness was from chemical imbalances
Society	Says that she is crazy and not to be trusted.	She was crazy but had been driven that way by chemical and physical tendencies	She was crazy but there was a reason for it

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Pg. 72

“Everyone, said Hjalti, can be fooled by scheming.”

This is a forshadow of King Hjorvar and Skuld’s attack on Hrolf and his champions. Skuld approaches as a caring sister and comes to Hrolf under false pretenses of paying tribute to King Hrolf in one lump sum instead of over three years. She had been planning to overtake him through magic.

Pg. 78

“And events turned out as expected….you had no knowledge of your Creator.”

The theme of Christianity plays into the picture. There was no way King Hrolf would have been able to fight against Skuld’s witchcraft without believing in God. King Hrolf and the champions believed in the old gods and not in Christianity, which led them to their deaths. 

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Pg. 52

“The king answer….will now be called after the sword Golden Hilt.”

King Hrolf was noted by Svip as being generous and trustworthy and particular about his friends  in Chapter 15. This chapter proves that he has these traits by knowing the value of Bodvar, and how he was able to change Hott from being a bullied man into a champion even though he knows that Bodvar killed the beast and not Hott.

Pg. 65

“Bovar said, The hawk is behaving as if….hawks had been killed.”

This is a parallel to the battle that Hrof is  currently fighting in. Hrof’s hawk killed all of King Adil’s hawks, and King Hrolf’s men won the battle against King Adil’s men.

Pg. 66

“King Hrolf said…. Because you will be tested again.” The theme of fame and leaving a legacy was important as Queen Yrsa states that you have won much fame here. She got even with King Adils for killing her father/husband by giving their son great wealth and helping him against her current husband. Her prophecy also came true that King Adils chances of success would be very good. 

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Pg. 37

“ She then struck him with her wolfskin……more dreadful to you than no remembrance at all.” The theme of magic is shown again when Queen Hvit put a curse on Bjorn after he rejected her. He has turned into a bear by day. What would have happened to him if he had surcome to his step-mother’s wishes? Would he have been killed or was this practice acceptable?

Pg 39

“The king then returned home…….and she burst out laughing.”

The Queen still is avenging Bjorn’s rejection of her even after his death. She targets the love of his life by forcing her to do what Bjorn warned her not to do: eat some of the bear meat. Bjorn knew there would be repercussions, but Queen Hvit probably would have killed Bera if she rejected eating any of the meat.

Pg. 43

“Bodvar became so filled with fury….dragging her through every street.”  Bodvar avenged the death of his father by killing the witch, Queen Hvit. Interestingly King Hring knew that she caused the disappearance of his son but chose to ignore it because he supposedly loved her. Maybe he was also afraid of her magical powers and didn’t want to do anything to make her mad so he wouldn’t be killed. 

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Pg. 29

“Now we return to farmer Svip……another three are still fighting.” Through Svip’s magical abilities he realizes his son needed help. He doesn’t want to send his other two sons because he knows if he sends them away he is releasing them into the world. They won’t return home again once they have experienced life outside the farm. Although he knows if he doesn’t send his sons, then his oldest son will be killed so he decides to send them out anyway.

Pg .30

“I want to look for …..winning a great a victory for you.”

Ironically, Svipdag and his brothers are driven away by King Adils who doesn’t keep his word and doesn’t reward them for their battles. Adils doesn’t understand until it was too late how great the 3 brothers were as warriors, and how valuable they were to him and his kingdom.

Pg 35

“At this time, the king was getting on in years, and the effects of his age were soon apparent in the queen’s behavior. This is a foreshadow of what will happen in the future. Queen Hvit is not happy being married to an older man so obviously she will try to find a younger man. 

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Pg. 21

“King Helgi suffered deeply…..enraged that she had married another man.”  Considering that men were so quick to go to battle and kill anyone who was in their way of fame including their kin, it was ironic that it took so long for King Helgi to go after Yrsa whom he loved, and who obviously loved him.

Pg. 24

“With King Helgi fell all the followers…..fled home to Denmark.” So completes the end of the revenge of Queen Olof. This whole episode could have been avoided if King Helgi hadn’t had such a big ego and decided to marry Olof to increase his fame and fortune. 

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Pg. 19

What a messed up family. After King Helgi maimed his nephew in revenge for killing his uncle, he marries his daughter, Yrsa, and they have a son. “He and Yrsa loved each other deeply.” This is a foreshadow of what evil things will happen in the future due to the nature of their unhealthy relationship as husband and wife.

Pg. 20

Queen Olof is still seeking revenge through her daughter whom she didn’t even want or care for. Yrsa is still a pawn between her mother and father. “Your contentment….. he is your father, and you are my daughter.” Strangely, Yrsa gives up the man she loves even though it was a little strange that he was her dad to go live with her unknown mother whom obviously didn’t want her after she was born.

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Pg. 17
 “The best solution…threw the ring as far out as he could into the sea.” Since Hrok threw the ring, it was surprising that his food got chopped off instead of his arm since that is the body part that threw the ring into the sea. Also, his mother was the one who gave the ring to her bother, and then uses her power over her son to try to get it back.

Pg. 18

“She answered with deep sorrow…..I will not reject him.” In a fit of revenge, Hrok killed Hroar, his uncle, for chopping off his leg, and then expects Hroar’s queen who is pregnant to marry him. How could she even want to marry someone who killed her husband? There is no way she could ever support him. 

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Pg. 15

“Your eyes are not those of a servant……sailed home to his kingdom.” In a twisted turn of fate, King Helgi unknowingly marries his own daughter. This is secretly a revenge for Queen Olof since she was taken against her will and held captive. The queen doesn’t acknowledge her daughter, and the only reason she has a name is because of the queen’s dog.

Pg. 16

“In public she pretended….and loved her very much. This is a foreshadow of events to come. Queen Olof predicts that joy and success will never come to them, and she will do everything to make sure they are both brought down even her own daughter whom she has never loved.

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Pg. 7

“ Now, you have come home…Home to Hel.” The dream is a prophecy of what is to become of Kind Frodi and his men. He will burn in hell for killing his brother, King Haldan. His sons will avenge their father’s death.

Pg. 12

The fate of King Helgi in his attempt to marry Queen Olof was twisted, as she showed no signs of not liking him, but in fact once he was drunk took her own fate into her hands. She got rid of him, and probably would have been better off killing him because she turned into a spiteful woman. “ The king had drunk so much….in a vile temper regarding the queen.”

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Pg. 3

The significance of the dogs is revealed. “He told the brother to be…….danger has come to the island.” Frodi searches in vain because the boys hide when they hear the names of the dogs being called.

Pg. 4

Vivil calls King Frodi out after he questions him. “You are without doubt a sly one….to me that doing so is ill-advised.” He dares the king to kill him so he will have done something on the island. Due to this calculated move by Vivil, King Frodi decides he cannot be bothered and doesn’t. 

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Pg. 1 - 3

Magic Chapter 1- Vivil’s good magic was protecting the boys on the island. Frodi’s evil sorcerers are using magic to look for them since human spy eyes failed. The island is shrouded behind mist and magic. 

KRK-DJ-3

Pg. 2 and 3

Kin Killing

“Arriving in the dead of the night, Frodi burned…… who refused were subject to torture.” This is an example of kin killing due to Frodi being jealous and envious because his kingdom hasn’t done very well, and King Halfdan was successful.  

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Pg. 1

"An island lay a short distance from Halfdan's stronghold; on it lived a karl or freeman named Vifil...two hounds Hopp and Ho. Vifil was a man of substance and if threatened, was well versed in the arts of old magic.”

Vivil was a friend of King Halfdan and was a sorcerer, which explains why he was alone. The island and he held magical powers. Normally, animals are no mention except for when they are important so they must be significant in this story.

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 The first paragraph from chapter one tells the liniage and the conections with the first group of characters. This beginning is typical of most pre-medieval/pagen stories. King Halfdan has two sons ,Hroar and Helgi, a daughter, Signy, and a brother named Frodi(who kills Halfdan for kingship). The typical beginning is esental so those who are new to the story/characters can know where they came from and why they do what they do.

seafarer

       The seafarer can easily be seen as two parts, the first about a young inexperienced pagan man, the second an old wise christen man, both of which see the world differently. The first part is about the young seafarer complaining about how he feels exiled wether at home or at sea. But when he grows old he reminisces about the loss of his king and that he is truly all alown now. He finds God and says that is all that matters any more.

6 Q.s

1. He can’t wait to get home but once he is he can’t wait to get back to the sea.

2. Because all of his people have been killed off (he might be in Beowulf).

3. She wants him to go through all the feelings that he has put her through (probably unintentional).

4.             A. He is remembering that it was miserable with physical hardships but he still wanted to go back. In the second half he was saying that death is the end result, and that except for God nothing really matters.

            B. He is remembering the slaughter of his people and how nothing is left except for the remains of a crumbling wall, and how easily these things vanish as if they didn’t exist.

            C. She is unhappy and wonders how they started happy and got to this state. She knows that people had tried to spit them up, but she didn’t break it off. She then questions how the guy that she thought was the right one became a murderer and now she is living a life of hardships.

5. They are all about the main character being in exile and the mood is gloomy. The theme life is a hard and full of disappointments, loss, and sorrow.

6. One idea is that life is hard and full of sorrow and that everything end. Religion is important to some but not all, though all are at least partly religious.

300 word thing

The story of Finn was told in Beowulf as one of warning and a foreshadow of what was to come and that often history repeats itself. After Beowulf killed Grendel, this tale was told to show that Beowulf was like other Danish heroes. The hero in the Story of Finn doesn’t appear until the end. In the beginning, the Danish are brought together with the Frisians due to an arranged marriage between King Finn’s and the Danish King’s sister. During the night, King Finn’s men attack the Danes without warning and for no clear reasons. Without the element of surprise, the outcome might have changed. This was viewed as a cowardly jester, and King Finn was blamed for the ambush. Queen Hileburh lost her brother, King Hnaef, and the surviving Danes are forced to bow down to King Finn, although he treated his in-laws well and gave the gifts just as he would his own. The Queen was sick about the death of her brother as is Hengest, King Hnaef’s loyal second, and he wanted revenge. Over the winter, Hengest used King Finn’s hospitality to turn the other soldiers against him eventually a Danish warrior gives Hengest a sword. He is able to show that his loyalty to Kind Hnaef has never faltered. During the ensuing battle, he managed to avenge his King’s death by killing Finn, looting their meed hall, and taking the Queen home to where she belonged.  He becomes the true hero in this tale by getting revenge and being loyal to his king even after his death. Loyalty was a trait that was prized by the people. Following the story, Queen Wealthow asks Beowulf to take care of her two sons if anything should happen to Hrothgar. Unfortunately the sons are killed, and the throne is usurped by Hrothulf.

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Shield Sheafson's great grandson King Hrothgar builds a great mead-hall (Heorot) where all his gathered warriors and people can drink and get gifts (monster party). Their happieness angers Grendel who terrorizes the Danes, killing and eating them for 12 years. Beowulf hears of the Danes trubbles and sails to Denmark with 14 men. They come ashore and ar chalenged many times by the gards. He requests that he be allowed to kill Grendal and is allowed by King Hrothgar.

Concgobhar vs. Branwen

1. Concgobhar vs. Matholwch - They are both terrible kings and have too much pride. Concgobhar is terrible at everything but is handsome. Matholwch tries but listens too much to the petty greivances of his people

Cet vs. Bendigfran - Are great warriors and kings, they listen but actually rule their people. They have something magical about them and have proven themselves fit to rule. 

2. Compare the conflicts in the two stories in 2-3 sentences. In Conchobhar, it is basically about Cet getting revenge on Conchobhar by using the brain ball that came from the great warrior that came from Cet’s nation and was killed by Conchobhar. It is suppose to have magical properties that will help Cet kill Conchobhar. The Irish King wanted to make peace by marrying the sister of the king of England. The conflict begins when Efnisien maims the Irish King’s horses, and finally escalates into war between the Irish and English when the Irish treat Branwen disrespectfully.

3. The Role of Kings- A good king is suppose to listen to his people but still be able to know what is best. Usually, kings have supernatural qualities and also proven themselves on the battlefield both as a commander and a warrior.

The Role of Women- The women's role was to distract Conchobar in order to make it easier for him to be killed by Cet. In the other story, the women are used as peace agreements. All they are good for is heirs. Once they produced a son then they could be easily replaced or removed.

 The concept of magic- The magic in Conchobhar is the brain ball, which is, suppose too avenge the death of himself. Magic runs through out “Branwen Daughter of Llyr.” For starters, the English King was a semi-giant and had magical powers, and Branwen made and trained a bird to go for help. There is a magic caldron and a family of giants in England.

Paganism vs. Christianity- “The Death of Conchobhar” was Pagan except for the very end, which was modified to include Christianity when Conchobhar became enraged due to the death of Jesus.  In “Branwen Daughter of Llyr,” there is no reference to Christianity, but magic is a component in the story and Paganism. The caldron was magical represented rebirth because it resurrected those who had been killed.

 Man alone in a hostile world- Except for the battle, Cet was all alone when he stole the brain ball and came up with the plan to kill Conchobhar with the help of the women during his tour in Ulster. Branwen became a prisoner in her new country after she had a son. The Irish people felt the king had been wronged and forced her from her position, and she had no one to help her.

4. Compare the endings of the two stories: how are they alike.

In the end, the two major characters transcend their deaths' because their story is told time and time again. Their bodies are gone, but their legacies live on.

 5. List your favorite moment from each story.

 Conchobhar- When Conchobhar is hit by Cet's brain ball.

 Branwen- When Bendigfran goes and almost single handedly takes the Irish out.

 6. Find a photo for each of the characters in Branwen - post these to your blog.

Bendigeidfran son of Llyr

Branwen

Efnisien

Matholwch King of Ireland

Gwern son of Matholwch
(the one laying down)

Nisien

7. Find a song that fits a theme of Branwen.

Breath Me, Sia