Grendel is considered a force that oppresses or causes suffering, or this word.
What is affliction?
100
Grendel grabs people with this, a sort of claw.
What is a talon?
100
This is a character in Beowulf who hates human happiness and retaliates by attacking King Hrothgar’s men.
Who is Grendel?
100
Beowulf travels to help these people, in part to return a favor their King Hrothgar once did for Beowulf’s father.
Who are the Danes?
100
Loyalty was an important quality to Anglo-Saxons. Beowulf shows loyalty by assisting Hrothgar in order to return a favor the King once did for this character, Beowulf’s father.
Who is Edgetho?
200
This is another word for what Grendel wants to do when he stuffs himself with human beings as food.
What is to gorge?
200
Grendel lives in one of these, typical a resting place for an animal.
What is a lair?
200
After defeating Grendel, Beowulf does this with Grendel's arm to celebrate it as a sign of his strength and success.
What is hang it from the rafters?
200
Beowulf abandons these when fighting Grendel and uses his bare hands to kill the beast.
What are weapons?
200
Courage was another important quality to Anglo-Saxons. Beowulf showed considerable courage as he battled these 3 monsters in chronological order.
Who are Grendel, Grendel's Mother and the Dragon?
300
Beowulf uses this word when explaining that Grendel is a *disgusting* creature.
What is loathsome?
300
Grendel is known for having a bad reputation. In other words, he is this word.
What is infamous?
300
Many Danes felt their own chance of survival against Grendel meant doing this?
What is fleeing Herot/Denmark?
300
A tone of despair and sadness is presented in lines 60-65 through the use of these tone words.
What are grief/sorrow/misery?
300
Many times throughout the story, Beowulf exhibited supreme strength, a quality admired by Anglo-Saxons. One example is when he picked up this weapon to behead Grendel’s Mother and the already-deceased Grendel.
What is a sword?
400
Beowulf had a wound that was discolored from bruising, or this word.
What is livid?
400
Beowulf uses this word when he explains that he wants to cleanse or rid Herot of Grendel's reign of terror.
What is purge?
400
Beowulf defeats Grendel’s mother by using a gigantic sword to end her life in this method.
What is beheading/decapitation?
400
Beowulf’s kinsmen wait at the edge of the lake fearing all hope is lost while Beowulf is doing this.
What is fighting Grendel's Mother?
400
For Beowulf, an appealing aspect of being a hero was that his exploits would be known across the land leading to, making him a celebrity, or possessing this trait.
What is fame?
500
The keeper of the mead came carrying out the carved flasks is an example of this literary technique.
What is alliteration?
500
This is a metaphorical compound word or phrase substituted for a noun or name which enhances meaning and description.
What is a kenning?
500
Unlike his bravado during the battles with Grendel and his mother, Beowulf exhibits this emotion for the first time when the Dragon melts his shield.
What is fear?
500
Because of his loyalty and bravery, Beowulf asks this character to rule as the next king after his death.
Who is Wiglaf?
500
Heroes hoped to have their name live on long after they were dead to provide a measure of this, OR, something that Christianity offered to people saying they would live in happiness forever in heaven.