Beowulf+Images

Part of what the AP exam will ask you to do is to examine and analyze images that relate to texts and other supporting documents you may encounter. This exercise will be the first of many.

You and partner will be assigned two of the Beowulf images listed below. You will click on the link, examine the rendering and discuss what aspects of the poem it embodies. What characteristics does it portray? In what light does it depict Beowulf, Grendel or Grendel’s mother? What adjectives come to mind to describe the image? Does it match with your mental picture of the poem’s characters? Can you think of textual support that parallels what the aspects of the character the image portrays?

Post your answer in the discussion tab – include both yours and your partner’s name in the subject heading. These posts must be finished by the end of class today.

Individually, you will examine one image of Beowulf, Grendel and Grendel's mother. You will need to read your classmates’ posts. You will respond to the post by agreeing, disagreeing or qualifying their statements with your own ideas and conclusions. DO NOT merely write, “I agree.”

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