Battle with Grendel
The reason Grendel originally attacks the Danes.
What is Hrothgar's men are singing loudly in Herot.
The Battle with Grendel's Mother takes place here
What is her underwater lair?
Beowulf's final request
What is to go and get the treasure so he can see his reward or to build him a monument by the sea so all can remember his name
A long narrative poem
What is an epic?
The name of Hrothgar's mead hall
What is Herot?
How Beowulf kills Grendel
What is he rips his arm off with his bare hands?
Beowulf uses this to kill Grendel's Mother
What is the giant's sword from the cave wall
The only soldier to come to Beowulf's aid
Who is Wiglaf?
repetition of beginning sounds
What is alliteration?
A treasure-filled cave at the bottom of a lake that is surrounded by fire
What is Grendel's Mother's lair?
Grendel casts a spell on this
What are the men's weapons?
Beowulf takes these two things with him from Grendel's Mother's Lair
What are Grendel's head and the hilt of the giant's sword?
The punishment for the traitors and cowards who ran from the Dragon.
What is living the rest of their lives in disgrace (including their family)?
The concept that fate controls your destiny
What is "wyrd"?
Gave Hrunting to Beowulf
Unferth
The reason Beowulf keeps Grendel's arm after killing him
What is a trophy or sign of his victory?
The reason Grendel's Mother goes to Herot
What is to seek revenge for her son's death and take back her son's arm?
The place where the treasure ends up
What is Beowulf's Tower
two- or three-word poetic renamings of people, places, and things
What is a kenning?
The King of the Danes
Who is Hrothgar?
The characteristic Beowulf shows when he travels to Herot to fight Grendel.
What is bravery/courage?
Grendel's Mother kills this person at Herot.
Who is Rhothgar's best friend?
The cause of the Dragon's death
What is sliced in half by Beowulf's blade?
A mental or emotional struggle inside a person when making a hard choice
What is internal conflict?
Beowulf's homeland
What is Geatland?