Sir Gawain Not A Ruin Knight

Monica
Sir Gawain Not A Ruin Knight
11/22/10


Gawain is a very loyal and peaceful knight in many ways. He starts off looking for the green knight to pay him back, but he ends finding a castle. The Lord offered Gawain to be a guest in his castle, and he could have whatever his heart desired. Well the Lord had gone hunting to prove he could be brave and strong, and in the meanwhile he had told the Lady of the castle to keep Gawain occupied. She did indeed keep him extremely occupied, by offering him a kiss each day, so by the third he had gotten three kisses, then the Lady gave Gawain a girdle. It is showing that the Lady was truly in love with Gawain, but she still did care for her husband. Then after Gawain refused to take the Ladies ring, that’s when she offered him her girdle.

Gawain is a good knight because he was always nice to people, whenever he was offered a gift he would kindly say, “No.”, and whenever the king was gone he would try to keep things as regular as possible. This states that he is a good knight, and will be willing to help anyone.

Hjalti the Magnanimous!

My favorite character in the book Hrolf Kraki is Hott. Hott was buried in a pile of bones, where the king's knights kept throwing their scraps. When Bodvar went to join the king's kingdom, that's when he saw that the knights were being down right cruel to Hott. Bodvar was able to get Hott out of the bone pile and saw the skinniest person he had ever seen in his life. Well Bodvar wasn't going to take that anymore, so he grabbed Hott and told him that he needed to go see the king. After their visit with the king, both men were accepted to be knights at the kingdom. They both faught very well together while in battle. You would think since Hott is Bodvar's sidekick that he would be the one to get scared every once in a while, but most of the time he would be fighting better than Bodvar. The reason for that is because after Bodvar killed the dragon, he made the king still think it was alive, so to show the king that he was brave, Hott set off to the forest and drank the dragon's blood. That's really what showed the king how brave a knight Hott really was. Then that night during dinner, Hott was honored with the name Hjalti the Magnanimous.

The Wanderer Essay

Monica
The Wanderer Essay
10/22/10
“Mourner, that dost deserve thy mournfulness,
Call thyself punished, call the earth thy hell;
Say, 'God is angry, and I earned it well-
I would not have him smile on wickedness:'”
(Punishment, MacDonald).
The Wanderer is a man who has lost absolutely everything; he has no friends, no family, and he lost his king, which is the person who gave him courage. He lives on an island, which is just like living in solitary confinement, which feels like a punishment to him. On an island, the wanderer feels punished because he has left home behind, he did bad things that have gotten him punished, and now he is cut off from his people.
“Cut off from free kinsmen, so far away from my own dear country; for I left the land, ploughed the icy waves with winter in my heart.” This statement is saying that he was washed away from the country that he stood up for and loved. When he ended up on the land, which he has no clue where he is, he feels isolated because he is all alone and has no one around.
“For him are the ways of exile, in no wise twisted gold! For him is a frozen body, in no wise the fruits of the earth! He remembers hall-retainers and how his youth he had taken treasure from the hands of his gold-friend.” The Wanderer is realizing what bad things he had done while he still had friends. He stole gold from people, and now not knowing where he is, the Wanderer feels like god has turned on him, and that is why he is out on the island.
“When I brood on the fate of many brave warriors, how they have suddenly had to leave the mead-hall, the bold friends and followers. So it is this world day by day dwindles, and passes away.” When the Wanderer starts to think about all the fate every warrior had to put into the battle, the were not rewarded. They were sent off and had to leave their home.

In conclusion in think this story is showing that people who had been doing good, can suddenly have their life turned upside down. Meaning that they could have been doing good things their entire life, but someone who obviously does not see that, could just mess up the other person’s life completely.

Essay for The Wonderer

Monica
The Wonderer Essay
10/20/10


The Wonderer is a man who has lost absolutely everything; he has no friends, no family, and he lost his king, which is the person who gave him courage. He lives on an island, which is just like living in solitary confinement. Even though a master does not have control over him, the Wonderer just doesn’t have any other signs of human beings around him.
“Cut off from free kinsmen, so far away from my own dear country; for I left the land, ploughed the icy waves with winter in my heart.” This statement is saying that he was washed away from the country that he stood up for and loved. When he ended up on the land, which he has no clue where he is, he feels isolated because he is all alone and has no one around.
“For him are the ways of exile, in no wise twisted gold! For him is a frozen body, in no wise the fruits of the earth! He remembers hall-retainers and how his youth he had taken treasure from the hands of his gold-friend.” The Wonderer is realizing what bad things he had done while he still had friends. He stole gold from people, and now not knowing where he is, the Wonderer feels like god has turned on him, and that is why he is out on the island.
“When I brood on the fate of many brave warriors, how they have suddenly had to leave the mead-hall, the bold friends and followers. So it is this world day by day dwindles, and passes away.” When the Wonderer starts to think about all the fate every warrior had to put into the battle, the were not rewarded. They were sent off and had to leave their home.

In conclusion in think this story is showing that people who had been doing good, can suddenly have their life turned upside down. Meaning that they could have been doing good things their entire life, but someone who obviously does not see that, could just mess up the other person’s life completely.

Vocabulary 10/14/10

Monica
Vocabulary
10/14/10

Obsolete adjective- No longer used.
Ted said something that was obsolete to all the villagers.

Philistine noun- A person who is different of hostile to art.
The Philistine toured every pyramid in Egypt.

Meticulous adjective- taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.
Shari showed meticulous care for all of her adopted children.

Officious adjective- objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome: an officious person.
Joey was officious on the advice that his father gave him.

Peruse verb- to read through with thoroughness or care: to peruse a report.
Candace went to peruse through her paperwork.

Mitigate verb- to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
Blanche felt mitigated after paying all of her bills.

Perfidy noun- deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery: perfidy that goes unpunished.
Rose felt perfidy after telling Josh for the fifth time, to stop bullying other people.

Morose adjective- gloomily or sullenly ill humored, as a person or mood.
Sophia had a morose after she got her pacemaker put in.

Question 1. 10/6/10

Beowulf kinds of has a twin. Like half of him is good and half is bad. He is a good king because he doesn't just protect his castle, he also helps other castles around him. Beowulf killed two really dangerous monsters that kept attacking and killing people. Beowulf's bad side was, he wants to proof to everyone that he is a true hero, so he tells his men to stay away so that he could kill the dragon all by himself. When Beowulf is battling the dragon in the back, he doesn't realize that Wiglaf is up front stabbing him in the stomach.

Grendal's mother decides to attack the Danes kingdom while they slept. The soldiers did awake but there was no way to handle the mother, she was out of control. The soldiers weren't being fearless, they still grabbed their swords and tried to fight. Grendal's mother got a hold of Esher flees for her life. Hrothgar sends for Beowulf so that he could show another remarkable rescue. When the king called for Beowulf he and his men were sleeping somewhere in a very comfortable spot. Once Beowulf agreed to go and do another attack, he and his men were off. As Beowulf and his men were on their way, they saw the monster's tracks, the forest with rocky hills and slippery clifts, and and a bloody lake with bubbling water. When they arrive at Gendel's mother's the was began right away, no saying like "Nice of you for coming, but your going to loose." It all just started and went on.

Lines 836-1,250

Siegmund: Is a character who is read from a poem at the feast, Siegmund was a warrior just like Beowulf, and he is a good guy.
Finn: Is the bad guy in the poem who killed her whole family.
Hermod: Was a bad king for his king for his kingdom, but an excellent warrior.
Hrothulf: Is the nephew of Hrothgar and was adopted by him once his parents died.

The monster is dead. Everyone is celebrating and seeing the remains of Grendel, and Beowulf is still receiving tones of gifts. Welthow is congratulating Beowuf as he sits between her and her two sons.

Lines 371-835 Part 2

Edgetho: Beowulf's father
Higlac: Beowulf's uncle
Unferth: Teases Beowulf for his bravery.
Brecca: Was a friend to Beowulf when they were children.
Welthow: Hrothgar's wife.

First Beowulf and his soldiers go to meet the king, the king thanks them for coming, after their feast Beowulf kills Grendal. To show everyone the Grendel is dead, Beowulf takes Grendel's arm and hangs it up.

Part 1 Lines 1-370

New characters:
Beowulf; protagonist
Hrothgar; The king that requested help, from Beowulf.
Grendel; The monster who attacked Hrothgar palace for twelve years.
Wulfgar; He is the king's herold.

Grendel wanted no sound going on what so ever. Whenever any of Hrothgar's soldiers would arrive for duty, they'd be making a riot so Grendel would attack then kill them. Beowulf heard about Hrothgar's problem, and decided to give him a helping hand. Beowulf took off with fourteen of his bravest soldiers, and sailed for the attack of Grendel. When the arose on shore to Hrothger's palace, there was a guard waiting a shore and Beowulf told him that they were there to defeat Grendel.

Vocab

The Scop was impressing people with his talents.

Tom took away the sinews from his son

Stewart did a spawn of good for the homeless people.

Doug was infamous when he didn’t do enough for his counitee.

The old man that always felt hoary, howled the wolves.

The murkey waters are always infested.

Redone Vocab

Monica
Vocabulary
9/2/10


A Scop is an English poet or barb.

My sinews or tendons have snapped in my elbow.

To release or deposit eggs is called spawning.

Bob was infamous because of his bad reputation.

I ran into a man with hoary hair, it was grayish white.

The bat cave was murky, dark and gloomy.

The cat purged itself of whatever was undesirable.

The president had to make a reparation to make amends for the wrong act.

After Bewulf killed his friend, he was full of grief, sarrow and lamented about his friend.

She called him a heathen for not believing in a religion.

The dog was cowering or crouching down because of what he did.

Vocab Words 8/31/10

Scop N; a small brush like a tuft of hairs on some insects (pollen collects of the leg of a bee)

Sinews N; a piece of tough fidrous tissue uniting muscle to bone or bone to bone.

Spawn V; release or deposit eggs.

Infamous V; known for a bad quality or deed.

Hoary ADJ; grayish white hair.

Murky ADJ; dark and gloomy.

Purge V; rid someone of unwanted feeling.

Reparation N; the making of amends for a wrong one has done.

Lament N; passionate expression of grief and sorrow.

Heathen N; a person who does not belong in a widely held religion.

Cowering V; crouching down in fear.

King Conchobhar Opinon

1. Yes, I think King Conchobhar was the type of king that did help protect his people, but he was more into protecting the gods. Conchobhar was a ladies man, but even though he liked doing those types of things like, showing off his muscles, being both a tough and gentle man when he needed to, and very attractive. King Conchobhar got into that fight and injured his brain. It totally flipped his life upside down. When the doctor was able to sew the second brain in along with his brain, that gave Conchobhar another shot at life. If King Conchobhar hadn't of been saved the way he was, I'm sure that if he had died then he would have been just as gracious. Every person in his village would be calling him a hero, if I had a person like this in my town depending on when he was going to die, I would either have a party for him every year or every couple of months.