Kennings
Definition: Born into nobility
What is high-born?
What kingdom did Grendel terrorize and abandon
What is Hereot?
What is Beowulf a representation of
What is Heroism/hero?
Who won the fight between Grendel and Beowulf
Who is Beowulf?
What are things that make Beowulf a hero
What is strength, status, courage, admiration?
Definintion: Causing emotional pain
What is heart-break?
How does the author describe Grendel in the start of the story
What is a fiend, demon?
How does the author describe Beowulf at the start
What is mighty, of high status?
What weapons did Beowulf want to use for the fight?
What is no weopons/fists?
What is a good example of heroes in America
Definition: The cost of one death
What is death-price?
Who would Grendel have to pay the death-price to
What is the victims family?
Why was Beowulf status so high
What is high-born/born into it?
What was Grendel doing before the fight while Beowulf was waiting
What is eating someone?
What is False?
Definition: Creatures of the sea
What is sea-brutes?
What was Grendel's motive for doing what he did
What is loneliness/outcast?
What are feats Beowulf had before fighting Grendel
What is defeating sea-brutes?
What ended up killing Grendel
Why do people admire heroes
What is because they want to be like them?
Definition: Being under divine judgement
What is God-cursed?
What was Grendels character like before he fought Beowulf
What is confident/arrogant?
Double point!!
What did Beowulf introduce himself as when he talked to Hrothgar.
what is Hygelac’s kinsman?
What characterization did the author do on Grendel
What is fear, panic, helplessness?
What kingdom did Beowulf fight for even though it wasn't his own
What is Kingdom of Danes?