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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