Battle w/ Grendel's Mother&Death of Beowulf
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| show | Grendel's mother; she was grieving over her son and she had greed for more Danish death so she can devour them
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| What two things does Grendel's mother do when she attacks the Danes at Herot? | show 🗑
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| Why is Beowulf unable to stop her attack at Herot? | show 🗑
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| What two Anglo-Saxon ideals does Beowulf use to call the grieving Danes to action after Grendel's mother attacks Herot? | show 🗑
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| According to Beowulf, what is the noblest of all goals? | show 🗑
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| show | A dismal wood w/ bloody, bubbling water; Esher's bloody head
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| show | Blood-stained swirling; bubling w/ heat & sea serpents/beasts who devour ships; associated w/ evil, death, hell
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| show | kenning; a sea serpent; Beowulf kills w/ an arrow before descending into the den
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| How does Beowulf prepare for going down into the lake? | show 🗑
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| show | a weapon; the famous sword, Hrunting, which had never last a battle for its carrier
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| Explain how Beowulf's speech in lines 136-150 of the poem reflect the Anglo-Saxon ideal of loyalty and the code of comitatus | show 🗑
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| show | Weapons are useless against her
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| What motivates Beowulf to fight so courageously against Grendel's mother? | show 🗑
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| What "doubled his strength" and fueled Beowulf's determination to defeat Grendel's mother? | show 🗑
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| show | dagger; the mail shirt he wore and God granted his victory (fate)
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| What does Beowulf see on the wall while fighting, and what does his ability to use it prove about him? | show 🗑
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| show | To repay him for what he did
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| What does Hrothgar and his wise warriors believe has happened when they see "the waves surging and blood/spurting through"? | show 🗑
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| Although the hall where Beowulf fought Grendel's mother is full of treasure, what are the only two items he takes with him back to Herot? | show 🗑
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| show | The lake was blood stained and bubbling, but it became calm and clean afterwards
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| show | Thanked God that Beowulf had returned unharmed
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| What did Beowulf bring to King Hrothgar as a trophy of his victory over Grendel's mother? | show 🗑
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| Explain what causes the dragon to become angry | show 🗑
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| What country or land does the dragon attack? | show 🗑
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| show | King
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| What does Beowulf have made for him in preparation for his battle with the dragon? How does this act show a difference between Beowulf when he fought Grendel and now? | show 🗑
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| show | mailshirt
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| show | evil; attacks at night and breathes fire
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| What is the name of Beowulf's sword that he takes with him as he faces the dragon? | show 🗑
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| show | The sword broke into pieces and cracks in his hands
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| show | Wiglaf
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| Why does Beowulf's sword smash to pieces in Beowulf's hands? | show 🗑
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| What happens to Beowulf's specially made shield? | show 🗑
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| How does the dragon wound Beowulf? | show 🗑
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| Who stabs the dragon with his sword, essentially killing the creature? | show 🗑
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| Who slit the dragon in half with his dagger? | show 🗑
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| What point about Beowulf is the poet making with the lines, "...their courage had killed it, two noble cousins had joined in the dragon's death"? | show 🗑
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| How long had Beowulf been king before his death? | show 🗑
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| show | Remained true to ideal of kinship
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| show | evil defeated
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| Who goes into the dragon's lair to remove the treasure? | show 🗑
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| show | Wiglaf
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| show | golden necklace, gold-covered helmet, rings, and mail shirt
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| Explain why Beowulf's burial is so important to him | show 🗑
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| show | by the water's edge
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| show | glory/Heaven
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| show | rolled down the cliff
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| How long does it take the Geats to build Beowulf's monument? | show 🗑
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| show | more important to honor Beowulf than to be concerned w/ worldly treasures; buried w/ Beowulf
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