Beowulf Notes

Prologue:
A king named Scyld Scefing who is known for ruling with more power than all the others, so he was unchallenged. There was peace and he was rewarded with gold. then his son Beowulf continued to rule in his fathers place and gave riches to those that deserve it, their fame grew and when Beowulf died they set him up as a hero .

Ch.1:
A new king arouse named ,Healfdene, who held  the reputation of Scyldings. He  had 3 children Heorogar, Hrothgar, and Halga. Hrothgar was famous for battle, and built a master mead-house in gold. the town Heorot was built to honour the prosperity when he was king, but Grendel heard the noise and awoke.

Ch.2:
In the night Grendel would go into town to and kill the King's people. Which is how they became aware of Grendel's strength; the king became troubled and Grendel wouldn't agree to any peace treaty. People wouldn't even go in that town for the fear of Grendel. Since they believed in God they didn't think of worshiping the thing, but instead they became hopeless.

Ch.3:
The Geats heard of the troubled town and the monster named Grendel, so Beowulf and his fourteen bravest men set sail. When they land they are asked questions by a watchmen of; who they are? and where they come from?

Ch.4:
Beowulf states that he is son of Ecgtheow and has heard of the monster Grendel and has come to fight with it. The watchmen leads them to Heorot while there boat is guarded from enemies.

 Ch.5:
They observe the decorated streets, but are stopped by Wulfgar and then Beowulf said that he wants to speak to king Hrothgar. Beowulf meets the king and states his business.

Ch.6:
Hrothgar remembers of Ecgtheow and the rumors of the great strength of his son, Beowulf, so they are welcomed on to the land. Beowulfs tells the king of his victories with the 5 giants and claims that he is going to beat Grendel unarmed and unarmored, because he will be wrestling Grendel. Yet if he fails he asks to send his armored back to Hyglec ( which was given to him by Hrethel and made in Wayland).

Ch.7:
Hrothgar brings up the war between the Geats and Wylfings, and how the Geats came to help when Beowulfs kin had been killers. Heorogar ( Hrothgar's older brother) died after paying for the war to end. Grendel has humiliated ,Harot, and just added more blood on the walls of those who failed to conquer Grendel.

Ch.8:
Unferth challenges  Beowulf and asks if he is the one who did contest with Breca. Yet he also fears for Beowulf for when he has to meet Grendel. Beowulf states he is and explains how Breca and him risked their lives and fought for five days, but where eventually separated by a flood, then he was taken by a creature to the bottom, where Beowulf killed it with his sword.

Ch.9:
After his fight with sea monsters he  was brought to the land of the Finns. Then it is mentioned of how Grendel would die for humiliating Hrothgar. Hrothgar was happy to see how committed Beowulf was to his task. Hrothgar's wife comes out with a drink for all and is pleased to hear Beowulf as well.

Ch.10: Hrothgar leaves to bed guarded from monsters. Beowulf takes off his armor and assigns someone to take care of it . The men laid to rest without the care of dying, even though many Danes have already.
While his men slept Beowulf was still awake waiting for the battle.

Textbook Notes #2

Textbook Notes #1

The Right to Your Opinion Notes

• Being entitled to your opinion means being able to back up your beliefs.
• Then when someone is confronted with counterarguments, people don't stop to think if they might be wrong, but end up taking offense.
• If you are given the right to live; then those around you have the duty not to kill you. So rights also impose duties on others.
• But to what extent do you have to fulfill a duty? Just because you have the duty not to kill someone doesn't mean that you have to prevent the person from ever dying.
• If someone has the right  to there opinion, are we able to bring them into reasoning, if their opinion is wrong. For example if someone is crossing the street and you see a car coming, are you supposed to let the person follow there own opinions or yell at them to get out of the way?

Vocabulary # 1

adumbrate - verb give to understand; describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of

*I had to adumbrate what the professor had said so everyone could understand what he was saying.
apotheosis - noun the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god); model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

*Apotheosis was able to rise a humble man to the statues of king.
ascetic - adj. practicing great self-denial; pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; noun someone who practices self-denial as a spiritual discipline

* An ascetic person is someone who has trouble accepting themselves.

bauble - noun a mock scepter carried by a court jester; cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing

*Bauble jewelry brakes really easily and isn't worth the $3 you spent.
beguile - verb attract; cause to be enamored; influence by slyness

*Players are known to beguile woman very easily.
burgeon - verb grows and flourishes

* The flowers in my front yard were able to burgeon and heighten the beauty of the yard.
complement - noun something added to complete or make perfect; either of two parts that mutually complete each other; a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction; number needed to make up a whole force; a complete number or quantity; one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response; verb make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to

* The new curtain was able to complement the living room perfectly.
contumacious - adj. willfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient

* My contumacious nephew always ignores what he’s being told and is unyielding when it comes to putting down the video games.
curmudgeon - noun a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas

* The curmudgeon was unyielding when it came to letting go of his traditional views.
didactic - adj. instructive (especially excessively)

* The didactic preacher didn't let anyone leave until they could say the complete verse by heart.
disingenuous - adj. not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness

*The disingenuous stalker did everything he could to prevent being recognized.
exculpate - verb pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

* The innocent victim exculpated until he was finally free of his charges.
faux pas – noun, an embarrassing or tactless act or remark in a social situation

*A faux pas is one of the most embarrassing things that can happen to you because you have just become the idiot of the room.
fulminate - noun a salt or ester of fulminic acid; verb cause to explode violently and with loud noise; come on suddenly and intensely; criticize severely

* After being treated so harshly I finally fulminated that to this day nobody can look me in the eyes without getting a shiver.
fustian - noun a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap; pompous or pretentious talk or writing

*A fustian can lead to nothing more than an argument and a massive headache, because nobody truly understands.
hauteur - noun overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors

* A hauteur man named Mr. Darcy was the most disliked man in the town.
inhibit - verb limit the range or extent of; to put down by force or authority

* My mom inhibits me from driving.
jeremiad - noun a long and mournful complaint

* After a school shooting a jeremiad was written to the school district.
opportunist - adj. taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit; noun a person who places expediency above principle

* The opportunist girl sieved every chance she had at getting a scholarship.
unconscionable - adj. greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; lacking a conscience

* Mass murderers are unconscionable of the pain they afflict on others.

REFLECTIONS ON WEEK 1

1. I think what might affect my experience and participation would be my phone it is considered a smart phone, but it doesn't act like one.  It’s also a little hard for me to use social networks like Twitter. This year is very hectic and demands a lot of my time especially because I’m going to try to take a college class, applying to universities, and I’m a very involved member of the Righetti  Marimba and Ballet Folklorico, which demands a lot practice, especially for me because I’m the only one that is part of both groups. I’m not too worried on that though; I feel that I will be able to manage.
2.  I don’t really know what way I learn best, but I know that I really enjoyed Mrs. Byrne’s class, my sophomore year. I feel I was able to really progress in her class, especially in my writing and I just really admired the way she was able to build a relationship of trust with students. She is very easy to talk to and is a person of respect.  Which is why I really took in consideration her thoughts and ideas, so it was hard for me not to listen to her in class.
3. What I’m really excited to learn about is just to be able to use the internet in a way that puts me under a positive light. I don’t really know what to expect of this class, so I’m also excited to see what is going to come up next. I’m also interested to know what type of books I’ll be reading, and just to see how I grow throughout the year is also something to look forward to. 

1987 AP Exam notes

The easiest questions were those that just required you to look back at the text, yet there were some in which I didn't really get what the text was saying so I just guessed. There were some that were hard because I didn't understand the vocabulary or what it was asking me. The first ones seemed easy but after that it was just hard to interpret sections.

The ones in bold are wrong

AP test multiple choice

1.      C

2.      A

3.      C

4.      E

5.      D

6.      A

7.      A

8.      B

9.      E

10.  D

11.  D

12.  C

13.  B

14.  D

15.  E

16.  A

17.  C

18.  A

19.  E

20.  B

21.  A

22.  D

23.  A

24.  E

25.  C

26.  A

27.  E

28.  A

29.  C

30.  B

31.  D

32.  B

47. A

48. A

49. C

50. C

51. B

52. C

53. E

54. C

55. E

56. B

57. C

58. D

59. D

60. E

61. D