LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE AND CULTURE
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The dreamer functions as an example of the comitatus ethic.
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The dreamer has a special hope for salvation.
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The dreamer is a relic from before the Christian conversion.
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The dreamer is an example of the superstition of paganism.
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Detailed explanation-1: -"The Dream of the Rood” also provides a valuable window into early Christian England. The dream vision uses strong images of Christ in order to reach members of the Anglo-Saxon warrior culture, who valued strength above humility. This may have been a deliberate strategy to convert pagans to Christianity.
Detailed explanation-2: -In a dream the unknown poet beholds a beautiful tree-the rood, or cross, on which Christ died. The rood tells him its own story. Forced to be the instrument of the saviour’s death, it describes how it suffered the nail wounds, spear shafts, and insults along with Christ to fulfill God’s will.
Detailed explanation-3: -The poem, for the purposes of study, is often divided into three parts: the introductory section, the speech of the cross, and the closing section (“Dream of the Rood”).
Detailed explanation-4: -The various themes that emerged throughout the poem ‘The Dream of the Rood’ are similar to any other Old English poetry, which reflect ‘timeless values’ in their themes. The themes that emerged in this poem are heroism, honor, courage, life and death, good and evil, Christian religious aspects, and pagan symbols.