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Unferth

Unferth. Aaron Oberstadt Ashley Lee Briana Manjarrez Camrin Elliott Joshua Morrison Kat Kong Alisi Mudaliar. Vocabulary. “Envy” (502) “Clever” (588) “Quick tongue” (588) “Damnation” (589) “Boaster” (980) “Forthright” (1164) “ Brehon ” (1457). Characterization. Far in the past:

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Unferth

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  1. Unferth Aaron Oberstadt Ashley Lee Briana Manjarrez Camrin Elliott Joshua Morrison Kat Kong AlisiMudaliar

  2. Vocabulary • “Envy” (502) • “Clever” (588) • “Quick tongue” (588) • “Damnation” (589) • “Boaster” (980) • “Forthright” (1164) • “Brehon” (1457)

  3. Characterization • Far in the past: • “‘You killed your own kith and kin.’” (587) • Untrustworthy, betrayer • To Beowulf, in attempt to defame him: • “‘No matter, therefore, how you may have fared in every bout and battle until now, this time you’ll be worsted…’” (525-527) • Prideful butt

  4. Characterization (cont.) • After the defeat of Grendel: • “There was less tampering and big talk then from Unferth the boaster, less of his blather as the hall-thanes eyed the awful proof of the hero’s prowess.” (979-982) • Humbled only by great means • Before the battle with Gendel’s Mother: • “…the brehon handed him a hilted weapon, a rare and ancient sword named Hrunting.” (1457-1458) “…he lent that blade to the better swordsman.” (1465) • Willing to give to the altogether cause, so not the worst bloke ever

  5. Imagery • “He could not brook or abide the fact that anyone else alive under heaven might enjoy greater regard than he did.” (503-505) • “You killed your own kith and kin” (587) • “Under a cloud for killing his brothers” (1166) • “He was not man enough to face the turmoil of the fight underwater and the risk to his life” (1468-1470) • Altogether, a negatively viewed character

  6. Symbolism • Unferth • Sin • “[He] killed [his] own kith and kin.” (587) • Pride and Envy • “…he could not brook or abide the fact that anyone alive under heaven might enjoy greater regard than he did.”

  7. Tone • NEGATIVE; Bad person • “[He] killed [his] own kith and kin.” (587) • Sought Beowulf’s defamation: “It was sheer vanity made you venture out…the sea-test obsessed you. …So Breca made good his boast upon you.” (509-524)

  8. Tone (cont.) • Seeks dominance above all other men until proven the lesser man; very prideful • “Unferth…spoke contrary words. Beowulf’s coming, his sea braving, made him sick with envy: he could not brook or abide the fact that anyone alive under heaven might enjoy greater regard than he did.” (500-505) • “…He lent that blade to the better swordsman, Unferth…could hardly have remembered the ranting speech he had made in his cups.” (1465-1468)

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