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Grendel
Grendel's Mother
Beowulf
The Dragon/Misc.
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12 winters.
How long does Grendel continue to terrorize Heorot?
100
Beowulf cuts off the head of the monster with the power of a magical sword hanging on the wall of the lair, hammered by Giants.
How does Beowulf kill Grendel's mother?
100
A peaceful fifty years.
What best describes the kingdom of the Geats under Beowulf's rule?
100
He is loyal and sees that Beowulf is struggling.
Why does Wiglaf become involved in the fight between the dragon and Beowulf?
100
Descendent of Cain, the Bible's first murderer.
Who is Grendel?
200
Pulling out his arm and hanging it in the mead hall.
How does Beowulf kill Grendel?
200
He decapitates Grendel's corpse.
What does Beowulf do to Grendel's corpse?
200
Beowulf becomes King after
What is Hygelac's death
200
He wants to see the treasure.
What is Beowulf's dying wish?
200
The guardian of the treasure.
Who is the dragon?
300
Beowulf sits awake in hiding all night waiting for the monster to strike, leaving his sword and armor behind.
How does Beowulf prepare for the fight with Grendel?
300
She killed Hrothgar's adviser and best friend.
Why Beowulf go to battle Grendel's mother?
300
It discovers a slave stealing a cup from its treasure.
What awakes the fire dragon and causes it to attack the Geats?
300
Beowulf wants his legacy to be remembered for all to see.
What does Beowulf instruct the Geats to build a large tower near the sea?
300
The king of the Danes.
Who is Hrothgar?
400
Grendel can't approach the throne.
What part of the mead hall can't Grendel approach?
400
The battle place with Grendel's mother
What is underwater?
400
"Beowulf was foiled of a glorious victory. The glittering sword, infallible before that day, failed when he unsheathed it, as it never should have."
Beowulf realizes his sword isn't working against the dragon
400
loyalty, bravery, skill in combat
Anglo-Saxon values
400
Beowulf's king
Hygelac
500
"The hell-dam was in panic, desperate to get out, in mortal terror the moment she was found. She has pounced and taken one of the retainers in a tight hold, then headed for the fen."
Grendel's mother attacks the mead hall for revenge and she takes Hrothgar's advisor
500
Beowulf presents these to Hrothgar after the battle
What is the hilt of he magical sword and Grendel's head
500
Beowulf's father
Ecgtheow
500
Christian influences in the pagan story of Beowulf
A Christian monk who wrote down the epic added Christian elements to the poem
500
son of Weohstan
Who is Wiglaf?