Battle w/ Grendel's Mother&Death of Beowulf
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| Who seeks revenge for Grendel's death?Name and explain the two motives that drive this creature to seek revenge | show 🗑
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| show | Took Grendel's Claw; A victim and fled (Esher)
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| Why is Beowulf unable to stop her attack at Herot? | show 🗑
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| What two Anglo-Saxon ideals does Beowulf use to call the grieving Danes to action after Grendel's mother attacks Herot? | show 🗑
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| show | Fame after death
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| What do the warriors see on a cliff as they travel to Grendel's mother's den? | show 🗑
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| How does the poet describe the lake that covers Grendel's mother's den and the creatures which inhabit it? | show 🗑
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| Of what literary device is "wave-roamer" an example, and to what does it refer? | show 🗑
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| show | fastened his armor
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| show | a weapon; the famous sword, Hrunting, which had never last a battle for its carrier
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| Explain how Beowulf's speech in lines 136-150 of the poem reflect the Anglo-Saxon ideal of loyalty and the code of comitatus | show 🗑
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| show | Weapons are useless against her
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| What motivates Beowulf to fight so courageously against Grendel's mother? | show 🗑
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| show | Anger
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| show | dagger; the mail shirt he wore and God granted his victory (fate)
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| show | A heavy sword; he was determined to get the job done; made by giants strong and worthy enough to carry or use the sword
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| Why does Beowulf decapitate Grendel's corpse? | show 🗑
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| show | They thought he died
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| Although the hall where Beowulf fought Grendel's mother is full of treasure, what are the only two items he takes with him back to Herot? | show 🗑
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| Contrast the appearance of the lake when Beowulf emerges after fighting Grendel's mother with how it appeared prior to his descending. | show 🗑
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| show | Thanked God that Beowulf had returned unharmed
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| What did Beowulf bring to King Hrothgar as a trophy of his victory over Grendel's mother? | show 🗑
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| show | a poor man stole a jeweled chalice
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| What country or land does the dragon attack? | show 🗑
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| What is Beowulf's role in society at the time of this episode? | show 🗑
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| What does Beowulf have made for him in preparation for his battle with the dragon? How does this act show a difference between Beowulf when he fought Grendel and now? | show 🗑
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| show | mailshirt
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| Of what is the dragon a symbol? | show 🗑
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| What is the name of Beowulf's sword that he takes with him as he faces the dragon? | show 🗑
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| show | The sword broke into pieces and cracks in his hands
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| show | Wiglaf
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| show | iron always breaks in his hands because his arms are too strong
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| What happens to Beowulf's specially made shield? | show 🗑
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| How does the dragon wound Beowulf? | show 🗑
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| Who stabs the dragon with his sword, essentially killing the creature? | show 🗑
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| Who slit the dragon in half with his dagger? | show 🗑
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| What point about Beowulf is the poet making with the lines, "...their courage had killed it, two noble cousins had joined in the dragon's death"? | show 🗑
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| show | 50 years
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| show | Remained true to ideal of kinship
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| show | evil defeated
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| Who goes into the dragon's lair to remove the treasure? | show 🗑
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| To whom does Beowulf give his throne before dying? | show 🗑
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| show | golden necklace, gold-covered helmet, rings, and mail shirt
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| show | For fame and reputation after his death; overcoming fate/fame
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| show | by the water's edge
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| show | glory/Heaven
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| What do the warriors do with the dragon's body? | show 🗑
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| show | 10 days
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| show | more important to honor Beowulf than to be concerned w/ worldly treasures; buried w/ Beowulf
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