Define an Epic Hero
Assign the following quote with the trait that best matches:
“stronger than anyone anywhere in this world”
What is #7 (hero can have superhuman abilities)
As a godly figure, Beowulf expresses his ultimate purpose was to purge Herot of Grendel. In the context of Beowulf, what does he mean?
What is to kill Grendel
Beowulf came to Hrothgar’s kingdom to rid them of their terrible affliction. What is the affliction referred to in this sentence?
What is Grendel
What is the Geats’ reaction to Beowulf’s death?
What is they express sorrow but ultimately celebrate his life as a hero
Beowulf is a Geat from modern-day Sweden; however, the Beowulf poet is English. What is the setting of the story?
What is Denmark
Assign the following quote with the trait that best matches:
“he leaped into the lake...the heaving ater covered him/Over. for hours he sank through the wave;/at least he saw the mud of the bottom."
What is #5 (hero goes on a long journey)
What accusation does Unferth make against Beowulf?
What is Breca defeated Beowulf in a swimming match.
How does Beowulf make reparation for Grendel’s terror on Hrothgar’s kingdom?
What is He rips off Grendel’s arm and hangs it in the mead-hall.
When Beowulf finally emerges after the battle with Grendel's mother, what two things does he return with?
What is Grendel's head and the jeweled hilt of the giant's magic sword.
In the first section of Beowulf, the Beowulf poet describes Grendel’s origin as “spawned in that slime,/Conceived by a pair of those monsters born/Of Cain, murderous creatures banished by God, punished forever for the crime of Abel’s death.” What archetype is related to Grendel’s ancestry?
What is evil
Assign the following quote with the trait that best matches:
“A monster seized me, drew me/Swift toward the bottom, swimming with its claws/Tight in my flesh.”
What is #8 (supernatural things in story)
How does Beowulf for about embarrassing Unferth after Unferth's false accusations?
He first claims that he has heard no stories of Unferth's victories. Then he condemns Unferth for murdering his brothers and shames him for not stopping Grendel himself.
Describing Grendel, the Beowulf poet wrote, “his claws/Had been caught, he was trapped. That trip to Herot/Was a miserable journey for the writhing monster.” In this context, how does writhing describe Grendel?
What is Grendel twisted and turned to try to get his claws free.
What is symbolic about Beowulf giving his necklace to the Wiglaf after the final battle?
What is Beowulf gives the necklace to Wiglaf to name Wiglaf as his people’s new leader.
Which of the following literary devices is most significant in the description of Grendel’s lair? “They live in secret places, windy/Cliffs, wolf-dens where water pours/From the rocks, then runs underground, where mist/Streams like black clouds, and the groves of trees/Growing out over their lake are all covered/With frozen spray, and wind down snakelike/Roots that reach as far as the water/And help keep it dark. At night that lake / Burns like a torch.”
What is imagery
Assign the following quote with the trait that best matches:
“That mighty protector of men/Meant to hold the monster until till its life/Leaped out, knowing the fiend has no use/To anyone of Denmark.”
What is #9 (universal themes like good vs. evil)
In the battle with Grendel's mother, what happened to Beowulf's sword, Hrunting?
His sword could not hurt Grendel's mother and was useless against her.
Following the battle with the dragon, Wiglaf chastises the men. What does he say and why?
What is they abandoned Beowulf when he needed them. He then reminded the men of all the wonderful things Beowulf had done for them.
To whom or what does the Beowulf poet attribute his victory over Grendel’s mother?
What is God
What best explains why the Beowulf poet wrote about Scandinavian folklore?
Assign the following quote with the trait that best matches:
“That noble prince would end his days on earth, soon, would leave this brief life, but would take the dragon with him, tear it from the heaped-up treasure it had guarded so long."
What is #4 (actions determine the fate of a nation)
What is the ultimate cause of Beowulf's death?
What is being bitten on the neck by the dragon's venomous tusks.
Grendel's isolation, Beowulf's death grip, and Grendel's isolation are all examples of this kind of thing specifically related to Grendel.
Fetters - anything that confines or restrains
How does Beowulf's father know Hrothgar? How does relationship relate to Beowulf's reason for coming to Hrothgar's aid?
What is Hrothgar came to Beowulf's father's aid years before against a common enemy. Now, Beowulf helps Hrothgar to repay the favor.
What is a kenning? Define it and then write an example along with what you are describing.
Def: a conventional poetic phrase used for or in addition to the usual name of a person or thing, especially in Icelandic and Anglo-Saxon verse, as “a wave traveler” for “a boat.”