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Full book Grendel
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. brattling | making a rattling or clattering sound, especially by rushing or scampering |
| 2. putrid | foul smelling decomposing rotten |
| 3. surmounts | to be above or at the top of to ascend to the top of climb |
| 4. futilely | having no useful result |
| 5. foist | to pass off as genuine, valuable or worthy |
| 6. inviolable | impregnable to assault or trespass |
| 7. transmuted | To change into a different form, substance or state |
| 8. burgeoning | Beginning to grow or blossom |
| 9. petulant | unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered peevish |
| 10. intimation | an indirect suggestion; a hint or clue |
| 11. How does Grendel describes his war with Hrothgar and the Danes as . . . | He describes his battle with the Danes as idiotic as well as painful and stupid |
| 12. Who is an Anglo-Saxon court poet, a human Grendel is forced to admire? | The Shaper who is blind and plays the harp |
| 13. What is the significance of the scene wherein Grendel catches his foot in the crack in the tree trunks and is attacked by a bull | He had an epiphany that he alone exist |
| 14. At the beginning, who finally comes to save Grendel from the tree and the humans’ attack? | His mom |
| 15. What do the warriors, including Hrothgar, think Grendel is when they find him in the tree? | Tree spirit |
| 16. Of all the things Grendel tells us about the humans, what is the reason he fears the humans more than he fears the bull? | They are mechanical |
| 17. Who hurls a battle ax at Grendel when he is stuck in the tree? | Hrothgar |
| 18. In chapter three, Grendel witnesses the humans’ propensity for violence. What does he witness the humans doing? | Mistreating the animals and trashing their land |
| 19. Are the Shaper’s songs free of charge? | No |
| 20. What does Herot represent to the Danes, before Grendel’s attacks? | Honor and justice |
| 21. Who, according to the Shaper, is Grendel’s ancestor | Cain |
| 22. What does Grendel yell when he first runs towards Herot | Mercy peace Friends friends |
| 23. The Shaper represents poetry and art. Why does Grendel criticizes him? | His words lead the men to do violent things according to the words he spoke and sang |
| 24. Grendel is highly affected by the Shaper’s songs be the end of chapter4 How does Grendel react to the Shaper’s melodies? | He likes them emotionally. He becomes confused about the words because they are lies but he can see the truth in them. |
| 25. At the end of chapter 4, Grendel talks a lot about a darkness that presses upon him. Who does he say he is going to meet next | The dragon |
| 26. The dragon explains to Grendel that the Shaper represents nothing but? | the power of art and imagination to change people's perception about them self and the world they live in |
| 27. What term does the dragon use to describe the nature of Grendel’s relationship to the humans? | Brute existence |
| 28. How does Grendel feel about the dragon | He is scared of him |
| 29. The dragon's final advice to Grendel is | Collect gold and guard it |
| 30. What does Grendel discover after leaving the dragon | he cannot be injured by the men's weapons |
| 31. After this discovery, what does Grendel do to Hrothgar's guard | Grendel discovers that he cannot be harmed by weapons when a guard attacks him |
| 32. Grendel humiliates Unferth how? | Throws apples at his face breaking his nose |
| 33. What does Grendel do with Unferth when he (Unferth) comes to the cave? | Takes him back to herot and cuts off the guards head |
| 34. What does Grendel think about Unferth’s ideas of heroism? | That it doesn't really exist |
| 35. How does Hrothgar come to be married to Wealtheow? | She is a peace offering from a rival king |
| 36. Wealtheow finally calms whose rage and humiliation when a fellow thane pokes fun at him at the feast? | Grendel |
| 37. How does Wealtheow affect Grendel? | Welthow is a Christ figure and he is intrigued by her |
| 38. Why does Grendel ultimately decide not to murder Wealtheow | Killing him is pointless |
| 39. Towards the end of the novel, what does Grendel's mother do each time he returns home | she warns him of the fish and tells him not to come back |
| 40. Towards the end, what event excites Grendel, interrupting the boredom | The goat which is hard to kill. Grendel enjoys watching it die. |
| 41. Grendel says that what is the worst pain | Tedium |
| 42. What does Grendel say would happen if he killed the last Scylding | He would have to move |
| 43. Why is Wealtheow not immediately allowed in the hall with the strangers? | Because it is dangerous. But when she comes in it was as if she brought light and warmth with her |
| 44. When he arrives in Herot, what does Grendel do with the table cloth | He ties it around hie neck and makes it into a napkin |
| 45. What does Grendel imagine the stranger to be for a split second | He imagines the stranger to be a dragon |
| 46. When Grendel begins to fight the stranger, he considers him what | The dragon |
| 47. What does Grendel slip on that gives the stranger the upper hand | Blood |
| Grendel says that everything that happened was what | An accident |
| 49. Although Grendel in Beowulf represents all that is evil, Gardner takes a different, more complex approach with this novel. Identify some signs of potential goodness in Grendel. What prevents these "seeds" of goodness from developing | His reaction to the Shaper and his return to his mother's pool for comfort after his battle |
| 50. Where does Grendel find Evil in the world? | People who judge him as bad without giving him a chance. They think just because he looks evil, that he is evil |
| 51. How do humans in the novel change the world and themselves through their craft and art? | The warriors have bloodlust. The Shaper sings songs of comfort to their fellow man even if the words are not true. Beowulf shows himself to be a true hero. |
| 52. Describe Grendel’s “conversion” in chapter four (when he first hears of “Cain’s clan”). Why does he change his outlook on life? What is the catalyst? How does the way that people view him manipulate his mind for the rest of his life? | Grendel desperately wants someone to talk to. People treat him bad and he stops believing that people are good. He will never trust people again because they treat him badly before they give him a chance |
| 53. Gardner purposefully constructed chapter seven to have links to New Testament Theology. With this in mind, explain three ways Wealtheow can be seen as a Christ figure | A peacemaker, a servant for the common good, she is the epitome of good vs. the dragon, or devil, who is bad |
| 54. Compare and contrast the epic Beowulf with Gardner’s Grendel. Identify three points of comparison or contrast to briefly discuss | Grendel as the murderous monster. Beowulf as the brave warrior. Wealtheow as the savior |
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