Wulf and Eadwacer

Wulf and Eadwacer is a poem of great mystery to scholars because of its unknown meaning and where it is found in writing. It is one of the poems written within the Exeter Book. The Exeter Book was written in about the tenth century and is filled with both historical poems and riddle poems. Part of the mystery of the meaning of Wulf of Eadwacer comes from where it is placed within the Exeter Book. The poem lies at the very end of the historical poems, which are poems that focus on historic events

The poem Wulf and Eadwacer displays a number of typical characteristics associated with the genre of the Old English Elegies. In this essay I aim to identify such defining characteristics and discuss why, from Paul Muldoon's translation, Wulf and Eadwacer is in every sense an Old English Elegy. I will examine the environment in which the poem is set, the theme of social isolation, the 'lif is laene' motif, the 'ubi sunt' lamentation and the medieval concept of 'wyrd'. I will highlight and support

The Wife's Lament Over the years, there have been many interpretations of who the speaker of The Wife’s Lament could be. These range from very interesting ideas to ones that seem a little rough around the edges. It is obvious that no sure answer can be found due to the fact that whoever wrote this poem is dead and that the answer will always be in speculation even if it is correct. Hopefully, at the end of this quest I will be slightly more enlightened as to who the true speaker may really be

William Satchell’s The Toll of the Bush and Hamish Clayton’s Wulf are novels that explore the New Zealand landscape through its physicality and the state of the people within its environs. The Toll of the Bush takes place in the Hokianga district at the turn of the nineteenth century. This is a world in transition; the clearing and trade in kauri is shifting to that of a farming community. In contrast, Wulf is set almost a century earlier in a time of exploration and discovery. The sailors in Clayton’s

Damian Ribas March 14,2016 English IV: Period 5 Ms. Del Riego Women in British History Women in British History are usually portrayed as docile and silent characters. The women in this time were ignored by male figures and were not of importance to them. Although women did not hold much power in that time, they would manipulate the men into doing what they desired. Some of the women were passive, direct, obedient, and willful. The women in British history were silenced, their obedience and

The Absence of Women in Beowulf, The Wife's Lament, and the Battle of Maldon It could be argued that women are indeed present in the minority in surviving Anglo-Saxon poetry, and that therefore, they are made conspicuous through their absence. The fact they may appear less frequently in Old English Literature does not necessarily mean that women were any less significant in society at this time, although this is the conclusion reached by some. It is assumed that women did, in general, have less