Justice, Landon, Madi, Laura, and I all worked together on these questions. We split the work and emailed each other the answers. I mainly used the internet to answer the questions since it was difficult to answer the questions based off the text.
1. It was unusual because Shield was
a small abandoned child and became a powerful character. His funeral was sad
because they put his belongings in a boat and sent them out to sea. The
relation of Hrothgar and Shield is that Hrothgar is a father figure to Shield.
2. Hrothgar undertook building the
hall Heorot. Grendel attacked it killing thirty men. The Dane’s responses are
terrified and they try to stay away from the hall.
3. When Beowulf hears of this he
creats an army to go help Hrothgar defeat Grendel.
4. The Geats first meet a nameless
watcher who was guarding the shore.
5. Hrothgar’s Herald is the guard
mentioned in number 4 and he tells them the arrival of the Geats and that he
should let them visit. Hrothgar responds by agreeing. I'm not surprised because
he knows his father.
6. Beowulf tells Hrothgar that he
plans to fight Grendel. Hrothgar protected him after he killed a man.
7. Unfirth accuses Beowulf of losing
a swimming contest.Beowulf responds by telling him that he lost because he ran
into sea monsters and had to kill them. It's relevant to the story because it
shows that Beowulf has courage. Beowulf accuses Unfirth of being weak.
8. During the feasting Queen
Wealhtheow is saluting the warriors, and offering them a goblet to drink from.
9. His preparations are different
because he takes off all of his armor.
10. When Grendel enters he attacks a
warrior and drinks his blood. Beowulf fights him just using himself and no
weapons. When Grendel tries to leave Beowulf tears his arm off. Grendel finally
leaves, and leaves his arm.
11.They're similar because Sigemund
was a dragon slayer and Beowuld just beat a monster. He's not like Heremod
because he was a coward.
12. Hrothgar responds to the deed by
adopting him and Unfirth has nothing to say about that action.
13.In general the Danes lost a fight
to the Finn's and after they realize their defeat they offer a truce. Using a
woman to unite the tribes shows wisdom because it causes a common ground for
both tribes.
14. Wealhtheow asks Hrothgar to not
have Beowulf be the heir.
15. The necklace was later stolen
from his corpse. Wealhtheow asks Beowuld to protect her son.
16. The men stay at the beer hall to
sleep because they want to protect Hrothgar and their land. This was a mistake
because Grendel could come and burst in again at any moment.
17. Grendel’s mother came to Heorot
as revenge for her sons death which is not the same reason as Grendel's.
18. Hrothgar’s response is grief and
pain because she killed one of his close friend's.
19. The mere is a terrible place
where monsters live.
20. Beowulf tells Hrothgar that he
should fight in vengeance instead of sadness.
21. Before Beowulf enters the mere,
he sees and sea monster and kills it.
22. Beowulf prepares by putting on
his chain-mail armor, his golden helmet, and takes out his sword that was given
to him by Unfirth.
23. When Beowulf enters the mere he
tries to find Grendel's mother. It's surprising where they live because there's
no water.
24. The sword melted.
25. Beowulf is protected by
Grendel's mother because he's wearing his chain mail.
26. Beowulf uses the sword to
decapitate Grendel’s mother. When she dies he sees Grendel's body and then cuts
his head off too. His sword soon melts away after he kills him.
27.When Beowulf returns to the
surface his men were waiting at the top for him surprised to see him because
they expected him to have been defeated.
28. Beowulf gives Hrothgar the hilt
of the sword.
29. Hrothgar tells Beowulf that he
was brave and courageous for what he did and told him not to be like Heremod.
He reminds Beowulf that everybody dies because God is in charge.
30. Beowulf gives Unferth the sword.
31. Hrothgar predicts that Beowulf
will come back as a ruler.
32. Hygd is kind and not like
Modthryth because Modthryth who have people imprisoned just for looking at her.
33. Hrothgar hopes that the marriage
will end the hate between the Danes and Heathobards. Beowulf believes it will
do nothing to benefit the families. This is a new side of him because he never
thinks through situations like this.
34. Beowulf reports his adventures
by telling them in stories where he tells of his success.
35. Beowulf gives his treasure to
Hygelac, who in return gives him a sword, hides, land, a hall and a throne.
The
Dragon Wakes
1.
Part
2 takes place 50 years after the end of part 1. King Hygelac and King Heardred
have both died during this time. The danger now is the dragon.
2.
The
dragon is very angry because he is the guardian of the treasure and the fact
that someone stole a cup from him makes him angry. The one who stole the cup
was a slave who wanted to present it to his master to buy his own freedom. An
ancient civilization once protected the treasure but after they disappeared the
dragon found the treasure and took it upon himself to guard it.
3.
The
dragon that evening destroyed the Geatlands due to his anger.
4.
Beowulf
believes his home has been burnt because he has offended the gods in some way.
He orders a new iron shield so he can protect himself from the dragon’s flames.
Beowulf believes this will be his last battle and it does end up being his
last.
5.
Hygelac
died during the battle. Beowulf swam to safety along with thirty battle
dresses. Beowulf declines the seat of king because he believes Headred should
have it.
6.
Headred
ended up dying in battle. This is because he took in exiled Swedes who were
King Onela’s brothers. King Onela attacked Geatlands in order to kill his
brothers and Headred died in the mix up. Beowulf avenges Headred by killing
King Onela.
7.
Twelve
men accompany Beowulf as he goes to slay the dragon.
8.
Herebeald
was shot with an arrow by his brother Haethcyn while hunting. King Hrethel was
overwhelmed with the death of his son and died of grief. This left the kingdom
to Haethcyn and Hygelac. After Hrethel died the Swedes and Geats kept on
fighting. This resulted in Haethcyn and Hygelac’s death. Beowulf avenges them
by killing Dayraven.
Beowulf
Attacks the Dragon
1.
Beowulf
tells his men to wait outside and to not attack.
2.
When
Beowulf starts fighting the dragon he is barely able to pierce through the dragon’s
tough skin. Beowulf retreats with the dragon in pursuit. All his men flee in
fear except Wiglaf. Wiglaf tells the men to stand in fight because Beowulf has
put his trust in them. Wiglaf is the only one that help Beowulf
3.
On
the second encounter Beowulf’s sword breaks when he tries to pierce the dragon’s
neck leaving him wide open. Wiglaf stabs the dragon in the stomach giving
Beowulf the opportunity to stack the dragon in the neck with his knife and
killing it.
4.
Beowulf
asks Wiglaf to bring back some of the treasure so he can see it before he dies.
When he sees the gold he thankful because now he can give the treasure to his people.
Beowulf wants to be buried in a tower that is built by the sea.
Beowulf’s
Funeral
1.
When
the companions return they see Wiglaf burying Beowulf. Wiglaf blames them for
abandoning Beowulf when he needed them most. Wiglaf believes the Geatlands will
be attacked in the future by other kingdoms.
2.
The
messenger announces that Beowulf is dead. Ongentheow makes fun of the Geats in
Ravenwood. Hygelac comes the next morning and kills Ongentheow. The messenger
says the gold is cursed and that no one should possess it. The final image is a
dragon.
3.
Wiglaf
tells the crowd how heroic Beowulf was. He tells them he was a great warrior
and a great king and that he will never be forgotten.
4.
The
dragon was pushed off a cliff into the ocean. It wasn’t given a burial because
it was believed to be evil.
5.
After
the funeral people cried and sang.
6.
The
Geats describe Beowulf as a memorable, kind, and beloved hero. To use the word
kind to describe someone who fought a dragon and killed many men seems weird to
me. You wouldn’t describe Rambo as a kind man.
