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Old English Period

Animal Farm ch 1 + 2

The Old English period is ...

1. abt. 1100 - 1500
2. abt. 500 - 1100
3. abt. 800 - 1000
4. after 1500

Who were the first to invade Briton around 43 Ad?

Why did the Romans leave Briton?

What happened after the Romans left Briton?

Name the four Celtic tribes that invaded Briton.

Where did the Celtic tribes come from?

What happened with the language in the OE period?

What is a heptarchy? Name the kingdoms of the heptarchy

When did Briton have viking raids?

What is the importance of King Alfred?

Who fought for the throne after king Edward the Confessor died?

What is the Anglo-saxon Chronicle?

Why is the Beowulf poem so important?

What does the Exeter book contain?

Check homework

Translation underlined OE words

Translation underlined OE words

Fiend = demon

Sunder = split apart

Appease = satisfy

Glut = fill to excess

Maw = jaw

Wyrd = faith

Thane = military nobleman (leenheer)

Hero = 'hero'

Translation underlined OE words

Fiendish = demon-like

Wantonly = deliberate

Kingsman = 'kingsmen'

Loath = unwilling

Sinews = muscles on the bone

Animal Farm

George Orwell

George Orwell

• 25 June 1903 - 21 January 1950
  
• political writer and journalist
  
• Eton College
  
• police in Burma (left because of illness, resigned to become a novelist)
  
• best-known dystopian novel 1984
  
• Spanish Civil War (1936 - 1939) : became a social democrat (wounded in the throat, left to recover)
  
• Warned against the dangers of fascist and communist states founded on the rule of one dictator, such as Hitler, Mussolini, Franco and Stalin.

Animal Farm

George Orwell 

1945 (written during WWII) 

political satire, allegory

"Animal Farm is an allegory, which is a story in which concrete and specific characters and situations stand for other characters and situations (real life) so as to make a point about them. The main action of Animal Farm stands for the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the early years of the Soviet Union."

Animals revolt against incompetent farmer Mr Jones: Russian Revolution 1917

new ideology: Animalism

Characters in Animal Farm

Chapter 1

Mr. Jones

Manor Form

Old Major (dream, rules, uprising)

Introduction other characters

Terms: equality, Beasts of England, loyalty

Chapter 2

Concept: Animalism

Old Major dies

Intelligent animals: Napoleon & Snowball (pigs)

Rise up against Mr. Jones (farmer)

More rules

7 Commandments

Manor Farm = Animal Farm