Battle with Grendel
What causes Grendel to enter Herot in the beginning?
He was irritated by the music and loud men.
Always comes victorious despite the perils encountered in the story.
Epic hero
The author of Beowulf.
unknown
A long narrative poem.
Epic
The name of Beowulf's sword
Hrunting
How Beowulf killed Grendel?
He rips his arm off with his bare hands.
The hero or heroine comes face to face with so many complications along his/her journey.
It has impossible human features.
What country is former Geatland known as now?
Sweden
Repetition of initial consonant sounds.
Alliteration
Hrothgar builds this in celebration of the Danes' victory.
Herot
Grendel casts a spell on this.
The men's weapons.
These are the characters, situations, or images that are quite common across time and culture
archetypes
The two religions of the Anglo Saxon culture.
Christianity and Paganism
A rhythmic break in the middle of lines.
Caesura
The country where Beowulf came from.
Geatland
Why did Beowulf keep Grendel's arm after killing him?
To keep it as a trophy.
It makes the oratorical piece more interesting and easy to remember.
literary devices
How long Grendel was terrorizing Herot before Beowulf came to the rescue?
12 years
Two-word poetic renamings of people, places, and things.
Kennings
The King of the Danes.
King Hrothgar
What characteristic does Beowulf show during the Battle with Grendel?
Bravery
The characters talk in a decorous oratorical manner.
It is highly stylized.
What are the values/beliefs of Anglo-Saxon life?
loyalty, bravery, honor, fate
People who traveled and told stories.
Scop
A demon descended from Cain, Grendel preys on Hrothgar’s warriors in the king’s mead-hall, Heorot.
Grendel