DIRECTIONS: Read these phrases from Beowulf. On the line preceding each one, write A if the phrase contains an apposition or write D if it contains a
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1. A Grendel, who haunted the moors, the wild /Marshes,
2.
Beowulf/ Swung his shield into place, held it / In front of him, facing the
entrance
I
3.
"Your prince, Healfdane's son, protector / Of this people, only in friendship
instruct us,
4.
He carried that terrible trophy by the hair, /Brought it straight to where the
Danes sat, Drinking, the queen among them
5.
Sparkling hills, high and green /Jutting up over the shore,
6.
The best and most noble / Of his council debated remedies, sat / In secret
sessions, talking of terror /
7.
So Grendel ruled, fought with the righteous, / One against many, and won;
8.
Thev marched. Beowulf and his men And their guide, until they could see

a myth is something that is told for many years that u go looking for and cant find and a truth is something that u can find in real life and can be story's of for example:

mermaid's and unicorns: u can't find them at all so they can be a myth cause u hear story's about them once u go looking for them u won't find them.

dinassours(can't spell): u hear story's about them at school by ur friends and one day ur dad takes u to a museum and u find fossils of them so u realize they are real and not fake.

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themes and meanings

(comprehensive guide to drama)

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”