[Beowulf Fights Grendel’s Mother]
(Lines 1383-1650)
1. Beowulf tells Hrothgar that they should embrace each other as brothers and have faith in each other.
2. Beowulf tells the people, before he enters the mere that he will go alone and that he will return, but they must wait for his return.
3. Beowulf goes into battle with an iron sword given to him by his men that has never failed in battle.
4. When Beowulf goes into the mere he is attacked by supernatural serpents that are seemingly invincible. What is surprising about where Grendel and his mother live is that it is a waterless cave within the mere and has both weapons and gold strewn across it.
5. Unferth’s sword proves to be completely useless in the battle against Grendel’s mother because it can’t penetrate her skin.
6. He grabs her hair and shoulder and pulls on her until she falls to floor so that he could escape.
7. Beowulf beheads Grendel’s mother with a magical sword crafted by giants and once she is dead the serpents that had attacked him and the spells that cursed him while in the lair disappeared. As a trophy for his great victory, he takes her head with him to the surface.
8. Hrothgar and his men eventually lost faith in their hero and left for their homes, but the Geatish earls all waited for their lord, Beowulf. So when Beowulf returns to the surface he is both pleased to see that the Geats waited for him, but disappointed that Hrothgar and his men had so little hope.
[Further Celebration at Heorot] (Lines 1651-1798, pp. 68-71)
1. Beowulf tells Hrothgar and his men how he defeated the monster mother and gives him the golden hilt of the sword because that is all that remains.
2. After hearing Beowulf’s boasting, Hrothgar tells him the story of the evil Danish King, Heremod who killed everyone at his table and was bloodthirsty. He tells Beowulf this because Heremod was also very boastful and it is because of his actions that he later was banished and died.
3. Beowulf gives Unferth his own sword because Hrunting was destroyed in the mere.
[Beowulf Returns Home] (lines 1799-2199, pp. 71-79)
1. Hrothgar tells Beowulf that if his lineage does not survive and Beowulf still lives, he may come and rule the Danes.
2. Queen Hygd is the model wife and queen of King Hygelac and is the complete antithesis of Modthryth because she has killed many men and is only changed when she is married off to Offa.
3. Hrothgar wants Freawaru to marry Ingeld so that there will be permanent peace between the Heathobard and the Danes, but Beowulf fears it will warrant war. This shows the more strategic side of Beowulf because we all know that Beowulf is more than just brawn.
4. Beowulf reports on nearly every detail of his adventures and does so pretty accurately.
5. Beowulf formally presents all his gifts from Hrothgar and in return, Hygelac gives him land, hides, a jeweled sword and makes him a lord.
[The Dragon Wakes] (lines 2200-2509, pp.79-86)
1. We go forward 50 years and Beowulf is the king of Geats because Hygelac and his successor have both died in battle.
2. The dragon is angry because the slave took its favorite item, the golden chalice.
3. The dragon burn’s a town and Beowulf’s home.
4. Beowulf thinks his home is burnt because he somehow offended God. So in retaliation, he orders a new shield that the dragon won’t be able to burn and knows that he is destined to die in this battle.
5. Hygelac died in battle and after his death Beowulf swam to shore where Queen Hygd offered him the throne because she didn’t believe her son was suited for the throne; Beowulf only acted as regent so that Headred would take the throne when he matured.
6. A group of exiled Swedes visited Heardred’s court and murdered him. Beowulf avenges the death of Heardred by killing the king of the Swedes, Onela.
7. Eleven men accompany Beowulf, not including the slave, to go meet the dragon.
8. The eldest prince, Herebeald, was killed in a hunting accident by his brother, Haethcyn. King Hrethel abandoned his kingdom, leaving it to his sons, and retired. The Swedes and Geats, two different tribes of Swedish descent, continued their feuding. The Swedes and Geats, two different tribes of Swedish descent, continued their feuding and as one of Hygelac's lords, Beowulf killed a great Frankish warrior, Dayraven.
1. Beowulf tells Hrothgar that they should embrace each other as brothers and have faith in each other.
2. Beowulf tells the people, before he enters the mere that he will go alone and that he will return, but they must wait for his return.
3. Beowulf goes into battle with an iron sword given to him by his men that has never failed in battle.
4. When Beowulf goes into the mere he is attacked by supernatural serpents that are seemingly invincible. What is surprising about where Grendel and his mother live is that it is a waterless cave within the mere and has both weapons and gold strewn across it.
5. Unferth’s sword proves to be completely useless in the battle against Grendel’s mother because it can’t penetrate her skin.
6. He grabs her hair and shoulder and pulls on her until she falls to floor so that he could escape.
7. Beowulf beheads Grendel’s mother with a magical sword crafted by giants and once she is dead the serpents that had attacked him and the spells that cursed him while in the lair disappeared. As a trophy for his great victory, he takes her head with him to the surface.
8. Hrothgar and his men eventually lost faith in their hero and left for their homes, but the Geatish earls all waited for their lord, Beowulf. So when Beowulf returns to the surface he is both pleased to see that the Geats waited for him, but disappointed that Hrothgar and his men had so little hope.
[Further Celebration at Heorot] (Lines 1651-1798, pp. 68-71)
1. Beowulf tells Hrothgar and his men how he defeated the monster mother and gives him the golden hilt of the sword because that is all that remains.
2. After hearing Beowulf’s boasting, Hrothgar tells him the story of the evil Danish King, Heremod who killed everyone at his table and was bloodthirsty. He tells Beowulf this because Heremod was also very boastful and it is because of his actions that he later was banished and died.
3. Beowulf gives Unferth his own sword because Hrunting was destroyed in the mere.
[Beowulf Returns Home] (lines 1799-2199, pp. 71-79)
1. Hrothgar tells Beowulf that if his lineage does not survive and Beowulf still lives, he may come and rule the Danes.
2. Queen Hygd is the model wife and queen of King Hygelac and is the complete antithesis of Modthryth because she has killed many men and is only changed when she is married off to Offa.
3. Hrothgar wants Freawaru to marry Ingeld so that there will be permanent peace between the Heathobard and the Danes, but Beowulf fears it will warrant war. This shows the more strategic side of Beowulf because we all know that Beowulf is more than just brawn.
4. Beowulf reports on nearly every detail of his adventures and does so pretty accurately.
5. Beowulf formally presents all his gifts from Hrothgar and in return, Hygelac gives him land, hides, a jeweled sword and makes him a lord.
[The Dragon Wakes] (lines 2200-2509, pp.79-86)
1. We go forward 50 years and Beowulf is the king of Geats because Hygelac and his successor have both died in battle.
2. The dragon is angry because the slave took its favorite item, the golden chalice.
3. The dragon burn’s a town and Beowulf’s home.
4. Beowulf thinks his home is burnt because he somehow offended God. So in retaliation, he orders a new shield that the dragon won’t be able to burn and knows that he is destined to die in this battle.
5. Hygelac died in battle and after his death Beowulf swam to shore where Queen Hygd offered him the throne because she didn’t believe her son was suited for the throne; Beowulf only acted as regent so that Headred would take the throne when he matured.
6. A group of exiled Swedes visited Heardred’s court and murdered him. Beowulf avenges the death of Heardred by killing the king of the Swedes, Onela.
7. Eleven men accompany Beowulf, not including the slave, to go meet the dragon.
8. The eldest prince, Herebeald, was killed in a hunting accident by his brother, Haethcyn. King Hrethel abandoned his kingdom, leaving it to his sons, and retired. The Swedes and Geats, two different tribes of Swedish descent, continued their feuding. The Swedes and Geats, two different tribes of Swedish descent, continued their feuding and as one of Hygelac's lords, Beowulf killed a great Frankish warrior, Dayraven.
This is my section of a group effort in completing these comprehension questions. My partners are: Matt Patel, Chanel Yamaguchi, Owen Iness, and Iliana Gutierrez
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