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24 Cards in this Set
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what law says if you kill someone in your family, i have the right to kill someone in yours |
blood |
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who was the king of danes? |
hrothgar |
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what was grendel's mother motivation? |
revenge |
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give an example of a kenning |
mighty protector |
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give an example of epithet |
gray-eye |
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what are epic heroes most eager for? |
fame |
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magical or unnatural events or qualities |
supernatural |
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latin term for "in the middle of things" |
in media res |
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who did the narrator allude to as one of grendel's ancestors? |
cain |
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beowulf kept grendels arm as a what? |
trophy |
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what plague killed 1/3 of englands population? |
black death |
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who is at the very bottom of pyramid? |
peasants |
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five aspects of the code of chivalry? |
charity, fealty, chastity, piety, kindness |
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chaucer believed there was _____ within the church |
corruption |
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who wrote the canterbury tales? |
geoffrey chaucer |
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why are the pilgrims on a journey? |
to see the shrine of a famous martyr |
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which character is gap-toothed and has had five husbands? |
wife of bath |
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which character has a "coy" smile? |
the nunn |
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explain the irony in the pardoners tales |
they went looking for death but death killed them |
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what does the wife of bath want women to have? |
to have more power over men |
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why did sir patrick spens not want to sail when the king told him to? |
there was a storm coming |
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what happens at the end of the poem? |
they all die |
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what character trait do the husband and wife share in "get up and bar the door" |
they're stubborn |
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what are two prior names for plays known as "morality plays"? |
mysye |
