Beowulf's Battle with Grendel
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- Q1Grendel is described as reaching HerotBearing God's hatredafraid of meeting Beowulfwith the support of his motheraccompanied by other monsters of the fen`30sEditDelete
- Q2Grendel movement is described ashesitant and shyquick and angryheavy and awkwardslow and stubborn30sEditDelete
- Q3"But fate that night, intended Grendel to gnaw the broken bones of his last human supper" is an example ofalliterationforeshadowkenningtone30sEditDelete
- Q4Why might Beowulf allow one of the soldiers to be ripped apart by Grendel?to give Grendel a false sense of powerto create fear in the other soldiersto see if he can defeat himto punish the soldier30sEditDelete
- Q5All of the following reinforce the idea of Grendel being a force of evil EXCEPTeyes that gleamed in the darknesssnarling and fiercestrode quicklyforever joyless30sEditDelete
- Q6The description of Grendel INFAMOUS furthers the idea thathe was once a good personeverybody knows who he ishe is not well knownhe has a bad reputation30sEditDelete
- Q7The description of Grendel as the shepherd of evil is an example offoreshadowalliterationcaesurakenning30sEditDelete
- Q8The battle with Grendel ends with Beowulf tearing off Grendel's arm and Grendelrunning to the fen to regrow his armfighting and killing off more of Beowulf's menescaping to the fen to diedies in front of Beowulf in Herot30sEditDelete
- Q9"The water was bloody, steaming an boiling in horrible pounding waves,..." is an example ofimageryforeshadowcharacterizationkenning30sEditDelete
- Q10After the battle the storychanged to make Hrothgar the hero against Grendelwas forgotten by the Daneswas changed to make Grendel look less like a monsterwas told over and over again30sEditDelete