2. England Flag

3. Date Used: from 1801 until present
Use:De jure flag of the United Kingdom,
used by HM Government in England
Description: Amalgamation of St.
George's Cross, St. Andrew's Saltire and St.
Patrick's Saltire.

4. Language:
English language in England, (English
English , Anglo-English, and English in England)
Sport:
football, cricket, rugby.

5. Religion:

6. • The highest temperature ever recorded in
England was 38.5°C (101.3°F ) in Brogdale,
Kent, on 10 August 2003.
• Among the three ghosts said to haunt
Athelhampton House, one of them is an
ape.
• English people have the highest obesity rate
in the European Union (22.3% of men and
23% of women). They also have the highest
percentage of overweight women (33.6%)
and the 6th highest for men (43.9%).

7. • French was the official language of
England for about 300 years, from 1066
till 1362.
• The English class system is not
determined by money, but by one's
background
(family, education, manners, way of
speaking...). Many nouveau-riches, like
pop-stars or football players, insist on
their still belonging to the lower or
middle class.

8. • The City of London is the historical
core of the English capital. It roughly
matches the boundaries the Roman
city of Londinium and of medieval
London.
• London Heathrow Airport is the
world's busiest airports by
international passenger traffic, and
the third for total traffic.

9. • Public schools in England are in fact
very exclusive and expensive
(£13,500/year in average) private
schools. Ordinary schools (which are
free), are called state schools.
• The Museum of London, which
retraces the history of London from
Prehistoric times to the present day, is
the largest urban history museum in
the world.

11. William Shakespeare
• - was an English
poet, playwright and
actor, widely regarded as the
greatest writer in the English
language and the world's
pre-eminent dramatist. He is
often called England's
national poet and the "Bard
of Avon".

12. John Milton
• - was an English
poet, polemicist, man of
letters, and a civil servant.
He wrote at a time of
religious flux and political
upheaval, and is best
known for his epic poem
Paradise Lost
(1667), written in blank
verse.

13. Jonathan Swift
• - was an Anglo-Irish
satirist, essayist, political
pamphleteer (first for the
Whigs, then for the
Tories), poet and cleric.
• He is remembered for
works such as Gulliver's
Travels, A Modest Proposal.

14. Charles John Huffam Dickens
• - was an English writer and
social critic. Regarded as
the greatest novelist of
the Victorian. His notable
works are: The Pickwick
Papers Oliver Twist ,A
Christmas Carol, David
Copperfield, Bleak
House,Hard Times, A Tale
of Two Cities, Great
Expectations.

15. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
• - was an English writer,
poet, philologist, and
university professor, best
known as the author of
the classic high fantasy
works The Hobbit, The
Lord of the Rings, and The
Silmarillion.

17. Classical Period
• Chaotic period of warrior-
princess, wandering sea
traders, fierce pirates.
• Golden Age of Greece
• Roman Imperial Period
• Early Christian writings; Christianity
spreads across Europe.

18. Renaissance Period
• End of The War of the Roses
• Elizabethan Period
• Jacobean Period
• Caroline Period

19. Medieval Period
• Anglo-Saxon(Old English) Period
• Dark Ages
• Early Old English poems such as
Beowulf, The Wanderer and The
Seafarer originate sometime in the
Anglo-Saxon Period.
• Carolingian Renaissance
• Middle English

20. • Famous writers during this time:
William Shakespeare, John
Milton, George Herbert, Sir Thomas
Browne

21. Neoclassical Period
• Enlightenment Period
• Dominance of French and Classical
influences
• Augustan Age: imitation of Virgil and
Horace’s literature
• Writers during this time:
Addison, Steele, Swift, Alexander
Pope

22. Romantic Period
• Nature, imagination and individuality
• Emergence of Gothic writings (horror
novels)
• Famous writer of this time:
Coleridge, Blake, Radcliffe, Monk
Lewis.

23. Victorian Period
• Sentimental novels
• Queen Victoria’s reign
• Famous writers: Charles Dickens,
Elizabeth Browning, Alfred Lord
Tennyson

24. Modern Period
• Realism
• Disillusionment with the World Wars
• Famous writers: W.B.Yeats, Seamus
Heaney, Dylan Thomas, Wilfred
Owen

27. Beowulf • - The protagonist of the
epic, Beowulf is a Geatish hero
who fights the monster
Grendel, Grendel’s
mother, and a fire-breathing
dragon. Beowulf’s boasts and
encounters reveal him to be
the strongest, ablest warrior
around. In his youth, he
personifies all of the best
values of the heroic culture. In
his old age, he proves a wise
and effective ruler.

28. King Hrothgar• - The king of the Danes.
Hrothgar enjoys military
success and prosperity until
Grendel terrorizes his realm.
A wise and aged ruler,
Hrothgar represents a
different kind of leadership
from that exhibited by the
youthful warrior Beowulf. He
is a father figure to Beowulf
and a model for the kind of
king that Beowulf becomes.

29. Grendel
• - A demon descended
from Cain, Grendel preys
on Hrothgar’s warriors in
the king’s mead-
hall, Heorot. Because his
ruthless and miserable
existence is part of the
retribution exacted by
God for Cain’s murder of
Abel, Grendel fits solidly
within the ethos of
vengeance that governs
the world of the poem.

30. Grendel’s
mother
• - An unnamed swamp-
hag, Grendel’s mother
seems to possess fewer
human qualities than
Grendel, although her
terrorization of Heorot
is explained by her
desire for vengeance—
a human motivation.

31. The dragon • - An
ancient, powerful
serpent, the dragon
guards a horde of
treasure in a hidden
mound. Beowulf’s
fight with the
dragon constitutes
the third and final
part of the epic.

33. Our story begins in the kingdom of
the Danes of a land named Denmark. It
was a peaceful place of prosperity and
comfort until a great demon named
Grendel arose. Grendel was a terrifying
monster that attacked and killed
countless Dane people causing great
sorrow and despair within the hearts
of many for several years.

34. • Then came a very interesting man
from a faraway land. A man whose
very appearance proved that of a
warrior. He was tall, muscular,
confident, handsome. He was
Beowulf.
• Beowulf heard the plea of the Dane
king and accepted the challenge of
defeating the great demon Grendel
as Beowulf had never faced defeat…

35. • The king of Dane then decides to
celebrate by having a party in honor of
Beowulf. Great amounts of food and
drink are shared among the party along
with plenty of laughs and tales of
Beowulfs’ previous accomplishments.
The people continued to celebrate deep
into the night until suddenly a great
figure appeared from out of the
darkness. Grendel had been
awakened…

36. • Grendel had done Beowulf a great favor,
as Grendel came to him. Beowulf
accepted the challenge and fought the
great demon bare handed! Beowulf and
Grendel both displayed great strength
and endurance as they battled to the
death. Although both were admirable
foes, only one could win. Grendel
possessed something Beowulf did
not….fear. This gave Beowulf the
advantage

37. • After an energetic battle of strength and
cunning, Beowulf was the victor.
Although Grendel was not yet dead and
Beowulf was not yet finished. Beowulf
then rips one of Grendels’ arms right off
his body and holds it high for all to see.
Grendel manages to escape alive but
mortally wounded. Grendel returns to his
swamp and spends his last moments
within the comfort of his mother…

38. • Few knew that Grendel had a mother and
those that did were most likely dead! The
main theme then changes from Beowulfs’
heroics to the mothers’ revenge. Grendels’
mother later kills Aeschere, one of the
Kings best men/personal aids, out of
revenge for her sons’ death and returns to
her swamp soon after. A small group of
men and Beowulf later travel to the
swamp on a quest to avenge the murder of
Aeschere…

39. • Beowulf finds the swamp where Grendels’
mother lies in wait. He dives into the murky
water down to the very bottom where he
discovers the underwater lair of Grendels’
mother. After a great attempt of
seduction, the mother charges at Beowulf
and engages him in another great battle of
man versus demon. After much sweat and
bloodshed, Beowulf stands victorious as he
cuts down Grendels’ mother with a Sword
forged for giants!

40. • The battle is over, but the story has just
begun. Amongst the underwater
lair, Beowulf discovers Grendels’ corpse
and cuts off his head as a trophy for the
king of Dane. The people of Dane are
overjoyed as the terrifying monsters have
been slain and peace has been restored to
their land all thanks to Beowulf. Beowulf
then leaves Dane and sails back home to
his kingdom of Geat….

41. • Upon returning to Geat, Beowulf is
appointed king of Geat and becomes a
great ruler for over fifty years. Then, one
day a thief disturbs an old tomb of
treasure that is guarded by a ferocious
dragon. The dragon is awakened and
begins wreaking havoc upon the people of
Geat. Many attempt to kill the dragon but
none prevail as there is but one man who
could defeat such a terrifying beast. His
name is Beowulf...

42. • Yet Beowulf is no longer the young
man he was in Denmark as fifty years
have passed and Beowulf has
become an old man. Yet, his strength
and courage have not left him as he
and his companion Wiglaf set off to
the dragons lair in an attempt to
bring peace back to their land.

43. • Beowulf and Wiglaf confront the
Dragon in what is to be the most
difficult and rigorous battle of their
lives. After many futile
attempts, Beowulf finally manages to
penetrate the strong scaly skin of the
dragon. His blade cuts deep but at a
great price as Beowulf has been bitten
and the dragons venom begins to
spread…

44. • Beowulf begun to feel the poison spread
through his body and ever closer to his
heart. He sits down by a river with his
companion Wiglaf and speaks to him his
dying words. He asks that his people
remember him and his successful reign with
the construction of a burial mound
overlooking the sea. The last words of
Beowulf are as followed, “You are the last of
our family Wiglaf. All the others fell when
fate decided they must. Now I must follow
them…” The End

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