LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE AND CULTURE
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Wergild is connected to the idea that bloodshed leads to more bloodshed.
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Wergild contributes to the claustrophobic, doom-laden atmosphere.
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Wergild relates to the concept of wyrd.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: Weregild is a legal mechanism in ancient Germanic law that helps to prevent blood feuds and massacres. Instead of taking revenge on the individual (and often their family) who kills a member of your family, a pre-determined amount of money is paid to the family of the dead person.
Detailed explanation-2: -The concept of wergild is significant in Beowulf because it shows a character’s values. Those who believed in the wergild system were upholding the Germanic code of value for a man’s injury and murder. This ensured loyalty among tribes and prevented revenge killing.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hrothgar introduces the topic of wergild when Beowulf arrives at Heorot (line 470).
Detailed explanation-4: -wergild, also spelled Wergeld, or Weregild, (Old English: “man payment”), in ancient Germanic law, the amount of compensation paid by a person committing an offense to the injured party or, in case of death, to his family.
Detailed explanation-5: -The battle between Grendel and Beowulf is so important because firstly it is the first battle in the epic poem and secondly it was portrayed as the triumph of good over evil and also as the first victory of Beowulf. He would later go on to fight Grendel’s mother and a roaring fire-spitting dragon.