Assignment:Old english Beowulf

1-When was old English Spoken?
Between the mid 5 th century and the mid 12 th century.



2-Name 4 language groups which influenced the development of old English.
Angles,West Germanic,Jutes and Latin.

• 3-Inthe phonology section,name 5phonetical differences between Old English &Modern English.
  
  The Old English has six diphtongs,but in Modern English there are eight.


• Old English has fourteen vowels,but Modern English has just twelve.

4-Are there any similarites between Old English and Modern English?

They are very similar according to phonetics,writing,consonants and allophones.

5-In the Orthography section,enlarge the picture of the runic alphabet.How many letters (runes) are there in this alphabet?

I believe there are 34 runes in the alphabet.

6-Which epic poem was originally written in Old English?

Beowulf

7-In the see also section,click on:Beowulf.Appoximately when was Beowulf written?

Between the 8 th and the early 11 th century.

8-Even though Beowulf was written in England ,the story takes place in which countries?

In Scandinavia and North Germanic (East of Rhine) residing in modern day southern Sweden and on The Danish islands (and later Jutland).

9-In the poem,which 3 antagonists does Beowulf battle or fight against?

Beowulf battles against Grendel,Grendel's mother and the dragon.

10-What happens to Beowulf at the end of the story?

Beowulf defeats the dragon,but is dies .he is buried in a tumulus by the sea.

11-Who was the author of Beowulf?

Nobody knows,he's unknown.

12- What were the titles and the dates of the two film versions of Beowulf?

Beowulf(1999 film)

Beowulf &Grendel(2005 film)

Beowulf(2007 film)