Vocabulary
Characters
Epic Qualities
Theme
Events
100
a long narrative poem celebrating a hero's deeds
What is an epic?
100
Dies after receiving a mortal wound from a dragon
Who is Beowulf?
100
A larger than life character who epitomizes heroic courage
What is an epic hero?
100
the reasons Grendel originally attacks Herot
What is the Danes were noisy neighbors and sang the praises of God?
100
Hrothgar's mead hall, which Grendel attacks
What is Herot?
200
an alcoholic beverage made from wine and honey that is sometimes spiced
What is mead?
200
the last monster Beowulf slays
What is the dragon?
200
superhuman deeds
What is a quality of an epic hero?
200
the reason Beowulf insists on fighitng Grendel without weapons
What is he wants it to be a fair fight?
200
King of the Danes
What is Hrothgar?
300
a sheath for a sword
What is a scabbard?
300
the monster that terrorizes the Danes for 12 years before Beowulf's arrival
What is Grendel?
300
The villians are supernatural beings
What is a quality of villians in an epic?
300
The Danes value males over females so Grendel's head is the greater prize
What is the reason Beowulf takes Grendel's head to Hrothgar instead of the head of Grendel's Mother?
300
a lake on fire that is miles deep
What is Grendel's mother's lair?
400
a poetic synonym
What is a kenning?
400
Beowulf kills this beast with a magic sword
What is Grendel's mother?
400
the true cause of Grendel's downfall
What is God's power?
400
the thing that is different about Beowulf's fight with the dragon
What is he uses a sword and shield?
400
Rips off Grendel's arm
How does Beowulf kill Grendel?
500
an adjective that points out special traits of particular persons or things
What is a stock epithet?
500
The only follower who does not desert Beowulf during the fight with the dragon
Who is Wiglaf?
500
Grendel's mother, THE SLAYER OF MEN, battled Beowulf.
What is a kenning?
500
Good always triumphs over evil
What is the major theme of Beowulf?
500
the religion that influenced and changed the story of Beowulf
What is Christianity?
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