Since Conner and I got skipped over I've copied down the notes from previois days to keep everything updated, Paul should be posting the notes from today's class today as well.
-Alex Taylor
Beowulf vs. Grendals Mother
1. Giants Sword:
- Beowulf found it amoung Grendals Mothers treasure
- huge sword, only 30 men could lift it ,so ofcourse Beowulf does with ease
- classified as "gaint sword" making reference to Roman times, maybe sword was roman= relation between big architecture and large sword ( buildings so massive only giants could have built them)
- story on sword tells of a great flood(religious reference) and the start of war
2. Swordheld
- Beowulf brings back just the swordheld as a symbol of faith (cross shaped) and possibly even the elimination of his unholy life
- possibly just brought back this part of the sword instead of many of the other riches from the cave to represent memory, faith,loyalty, and vengence.
- sword would not have had as much of a meaning if other treasure was brought up as well
- Beowulf might be inferring that Danes are not deserving of other treasure
- Beowulf also notices Danes (signfically Hrothgar's) loss of faith/warrior like attributes of society = aka when hrothgar's close friend Aeschere is killed he goes in to depression and sadness rather than the nobel anger and need for vengence.
- during this time the sword was thought of as a subsitute for the cross, warriors of god
I think that pretty much covers what we talked about in class on the 14th
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