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Old English poetry was highly influenced by religious writings and ideas. The Dream of the Rood is believed to be the most prestige Anglo-Saxon religious poem yet the exact date of composition and author is unknown (Greenblatt). Passages from the poem are carved into the Ruthwell Cross, located in Scotland but may have been added at a later date. Despite differences in biblical accounts, The Dream of the Rood encompasses religious beliefs by using point of view, symbolism, and personification to appeal

The “Dream of The Rood” is considered one of the finest of religious poems written during the Anglo-Saxon period (Book). The poem begins with the narrator, whom the reader later discovers is the rood, stating that he or she is going to talk about a dream. In said dream, the most beautiful tree is spotted glistening with gold and gems; the tree then begins to bleed from the right side. The entirety of the poem is describing, from the rood’s point of view, the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The poem

Jesus – the Epic Hero Although the Bible’s description of Jesus and his crucifixion has not been changed, the perception of the people about Jesus has been changing throughout the ages. The poem “The Dream of the Rood” is good example of a unique view of Jesus and his crucifixion. The poem is referred as “one of the first and most successful treatments of the crucifixion” in Old English poetry (Burrow 123). The poem consists of a mixture of Christian and epic elements and has a very unique style

Words are More Powerful than Visuals In the poem “Dream of the Rood”, the way the writer speaks makes the poem seem more powerful than the movie Jesus of Nazareth. The movie depicts the cross as a symbol of shame and cruelty. The writer of the poem describes the cross as a symbol of hope and a way of salvation for lost sinners. This poem is a very big part of Anglo-Saxon culture and religion. The reader can see this in three different ways. The way the writer describes the cross, death, burial and

The Dream of the Rood The Dream of the Rood used personification of the cross and the burden it boar to represent the responsibility of believers to support Christ. Setting the scene, the dreamer placed the listeners beneath Christ’s cross that radiated glory and gleamed with jewels. This, “most splendid tree” (4) juxtaposed the dreamer who confessed himself as begrimed and tarnished by sin. As the dreamer drew closer to the cross, the rood came to life and reminisced on his time of glory. From the

In The Dream of the Rood and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, both by anonymous writers, touch on Christian faith and believing in a higher power. These two literary texts show how one’s beliefs can be tested when put in an unfortunate situation. In The Dream of the Rood, the breakdown of the crucifixion of Christ told by the Rood about all the hardships it had to endure prompt the dreamer or the first speaker to look at Christ differently, the first speaker humbles himself more after hearing

that focuses on the material world and not the afterlife. They believed that their actions determine their fate, wyrd. They believe that their weapons and armor protect them in battle, and not God. In medieval10th Century writing, The Dream of the Rood and Beowulf both use Christian and Pagan elements to express the values of fate and predestination.

This piece of the”Dream of the Rood,” is a poem because it has stanzas and is formatted as a poem. In line 3 it has alliteration by repeating the consonant. The author uses a diction of words that relate to a battle scene like struggle, warrior, torment, and blood( homogeneous to beowulf). This is coherent with what a poet does and by adding connotation to the words in an emotion stand point of pain, sorrowful, and fearful. Imagery is used in poems to modify sensations and make an image to the reader

southeastern lands of Britain. Consequently, during the early Middle Ages works of British literature were starting to be published. As such literature represents one way to learn about the culture of Britain. For Example, Beowulf and “The Dream of the Rood” describes Christian beliefs, which was the popular religion in Britain. In fact, literature started off as poems, songs and stories that would be told orally. “They sang then and played to please the hero, words and music for their warrior prince

some rules can be broken and justify. Rules are meant to be broken. "Social representations are 'systems' of preconceptions, images and values, which have their own cultural meaning and persist independently of individual experiences."(Verkuyten, Rood-Pijpers, 1994). Depending what is to be consider a norm in the society you are living. Different people has different ethical and moral values which will make it acceptable to break some of the rules. Even though the formal rule-governed behavior is