Summary: England In The Middle Ages
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1 The Dream of the Rood
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What is a rood?
a cross or crucifix symbolizing the cross onwhichJesusChristdied. -
What is the function of the rood in this story?
•The Rood aids us in understandingChrist. -
How is Christ presented in this poem?
As a warrior who concquers death. -
What is the genre of the Dream of the Rood?
Dream Poetry. -
•What does the narrator of "The Dream of the Rood" state he will describe in the opening lines?
The best of dreams.
•Meaningboth:
1)interesting and
2)important subject matter -
•As the speaker stares at the gold and gems, what begins to pour from the cross's right side?
blood -
What change takes place to the "clothing and hue" that decorates the cross?
•“bedewed withblood and drenchedwithflowing gore” (suffering of Christ)
•“bedekedwithtreasure” (reward of eternallife) -
What does the cross say it wanted to do (and could easily have done) to all the foes of Christ?
•“although I might have struck down all the foes yet stood I fast” -
•How does the dreamer's emotional attitude change toward the cross by the last paragraph of the poem?
•Desires to bewith the cross -
Why is the crucifixion of Christ is a victory?
becauseChristcould have foughtHisenemies, butchoseto die
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