Beowolf Questons

1 Shield was an orphan, but through being a good man and being a hero he rose to be the king. Hrothgar is the descendent of Shield, his funeral involved sending him off with treasures, just like Beowulf. [Heorot is Attacked] (lines 86-188, pp. 34-36)

1. He built a great hall named Heorot, which was attacked by a demon named Grendel, Grendel would sneak in at night and kill the men who had been partying in the hall. The Danes prayed to God and pagan deities but nothing changed.

[The Hero Comes to Heorot] (lines 189-490, pp. 36-42)

1. He makes the decision to go and fight using only the 14 of the finest men. 2. They meet a guard, who stopped the riot but then let them by. For the time being it was very unrealistic. 3. The Harold’s name is Hrothgar, and supposedly he’s very wise. He trusts them, which shouldn’t have happened. Hrothgar’s knowledge of Beowulf’s life is not surprising, because it has been implied before that their families have had a relationship. 4. Beowulf tells Hrothgar about all the noble feats he has done. Hrothgar has made an alliance with Beowulf’s father, so he lets him pass.

[Feast at Heorot] (lines 491-661, pp. 42-46)

1. Unferth was insecure about his own helplessness against Grende,l so he started pushing Beowulf's patients. Beowulf confidently explained how the remarks he was talking about was untrue, and the story he told made him seem like even more of a hero. This helped set up Beowulf as a character for the rest of the poem. He is very arrogant. 2. The Queen was praying for their victory, and Beowulf responds by saying I will succeed wrather he has their help or not.

[The Fight with Grendel] (lines 662-835, pp. 46-49)

1. Beowulf decides to lay down his weapons and fight the demon unarmed to match the demon chances. 2. Beowulf waits for Grendel to approach him, and then wrestles him. Grendel ends up getting away, but not without getting his arm ripped off.

[Celebration at Heorot] (lines 836-1250, pp. 49-60)

1.When the Danes and Geats return from following Grendel's tracks to the mere, someone sings in Beowulf's presence, comparing him to Sigemund and saying that he was not like Heremod (lines 883-914). How is Beowulf like Sigemund? How is he not like Heremod? (Be alert for inserted stories such as this one. Beowulf contains many of them, most much more complex that this one.) 2. Hrothgar praises him and offers to make him his adopted son. 3. What happened is that the Finns and the Danes have enmity towards each other, and they battle. The Finnish king is married to a Danish woman, and kills her family. Finally, she ends up being able to be returned to her family once her husband has been killed. 4. She wants her children to be treated kindly after his death. 5. She asks him to be friends with her children. 6.However; they were drunk, so they just felt pushed to sleep there. It was a mistake because soon, Grendel’s mother would come upon the hall.

BEOWULF AND GRENDEL'S MOTHER (lines 1251-2199, pp. 60-79)

[Another Attack] (lines 1251-1382, pp. 60-62)

1. Grendel’s mother was grieving because Grendel had died, and she came back for revenge upon the first sleeping man she saw, and carried him away. 2.Hrothgar’s response was to be indifferent. He commissions Beowulf on another quest. 3. Mere is a dark, mysterious, magical swamp. No one knows how deep it is, and most natural beings seem to fear it.

[Beowulf Fights Grendel's Mother] (lines 1383-1650, pp. 63-68)

1. Beowulf assures Hrothgar to trust him because he will not let Grendel’s mother escape this time. 2. The counselor was decapitated before they could reach the mere. 3. Beowulf prepares this time by arming himself. Unferth lends him the sword named Hrunting, which legend says has never once failed in a battle. 4. Beowulf tells Hrothgar to take care of his people if he does not make it back. The demons live on the bottom of the swamp, which no one had reached before. 5. It is unable to pierce her skin. 6. The armor he put on had protected him, and he was able to fend off what he could using Hrunting. 7. Beowulf gets a weapon that she had on her wall that was forged by giants. It was able to kill her. When she is killed, the room becomes lighter and Beowulf can see Grendel’s corpse. He brings up his head, as well as the handle of the sword he used to kill Grendel’s mother since the rest of it had melted. 8. Most of Beowulf’s men had not expected his return so they sulked back into the town. But when they saw he was alright, they praised him and celebrated even more.

[Further Celebration at Heorot] (lines 1651-1798, pp. 68-71)

1. He gives him the head of Grendel impaled on two spears.

[Beowulf Returns Home] (lines 1799-2199, pp. 71-79)

1. Hrothgar predicts a bright and good future for Beowulf full of success because of his fearlessness and honor. 2. Hygd is a brave and beautiful young queen. Modthryth was also a queen, but she was wicked and cruel. 3. He seems to think that this marriage will only further the war. This is definitely a more manipulative and political side to Beowulf than we’ve seen thus far. 4.He reports it accurately with an emphasis on how terrifying the monsters were and how great the spoils were, which says a lot about where his mind is when he is performing these feats. 5. Hygelac gives him some land to rule over, and eventually he becomes king.

BEOWULF AND THE DRAGON (lines 2200-3182, pp. 79-99)

[The Dragon Wakes] (lines 2200-2509, pp. 79-86)

1. It takes place at least two decades later. Hygelac has died, and left Beowulf as king. Now, a dragon is plaguing the Geats. 2.The dragon is angry because a thief stole a goblet from the treasure trove the dragon was guarding. The treasure got there because an ancient race that was doomed to perish began to bury their treasures there, and the dragon found it. 3. Besides incinerating an entire country side, Beowulf’s throne room was also extra crispified. 4. Beowulf assumed he was receiving punishment from the gods. He orders a new, fire proof shield and plans on fighting the dragon alone. 5. There was a battle in which Hygelac died, but Beowulf was able to survive. Instead of becoming a king then and there, he acted as a protector to Hygd’s son. He then avenged Hygelac’s death. 6. He is killed in a battle with the Swedes. Beowulf then ascends to the throne and resolves conflict with the Swedes. 7. Beowulf takes 11 men to go fight the dragon. 8. There was a fight between two brothers in which one was accidentally killed, and this is what Beowulf relates to the war with the Swedes.

[Beowulf Attacks the Dragon] (lines 2510-2820, pp. 86-92)

2. When Beowulf fights the dragon, all of the 11 men leave him, much like they did when he fought Grendel’s mother. Wiglaf stays behind and fights beside him loyally. 3. The second time, Beowulf receives a fatal wound and Wiglaf ends up killing the dragon. 4. Beowulf wants to see the treasure before he dies. When he sees it, the thanks the gods. He wants to be made a barrow for which to be buried in.

[Beowulf's Funeral] (lines 2821-3182, pp. 92-99)

1. When Beowulfs companions return, they are ashamed because Beowulf has died. Wiglaf shames them, and expects foreign warlords to attack now that Beowulf is not around to protect them. 3. Wiglaf tells the crowd that the only way the hoard can be opened is by the will of god. 4.The dragon lies dead in the hoard, unable to be opened. 5. They burn the body, and put it on the hill for everyone to see. The death of their king is greatly mourned by the Geats. 6. They said he had the greediest spirit, and now he has been burned. This seems odd coming from a culture who revered him so much, but we all know how much the treasure and glory meant to him.

Vocabulary: Fall List #3 Sentences.

My family likes to attend an accolade every Sunday morning, often known as church but there are many other term for the same basic idea.

My boss at work is so acerbity that it makes most of his employees want to quit because of his deminishing approach to teaching his workers.

Trying to comprehend all the topics in school the lessons seem to cause attrition causing my brain to burn.

Working at the same place for years it becomes such a bromide it creates a parched day that is just banal.

Uncle Sam is a great example of someone who is a Chauvinist.

Math is such a banal subject because of it's chronic steps.

Most of Dr. Preston's topics he protects with his information and expound.

I try to write my essays with such critique that it is finally finish completely immaculate.

One of my Iimprecations is not liking to have to work with numbers, making math and science more difficult.

With how long it seems it has been, a low economy here seems to be ineluctable.

Mercurial is another way of explain bipolar.

Teenagers seem to perfect the ability of palliating.

It is best to have a receipt for something you are trying to return so u have protocol proving ur purchase.

After a PowerPoint in school and u turn on the lights, the lights shine so resplendent, that it blinds ur dilated puples.

The foreign exchange student had such a thick accent that it stigmatized him every time he spoke.

Most of what goes on in government is kept so sub Rosa that the citizens often don't know what truly goes on.

Sometimes when you are lost, we men are often so vainglory that we won't ask for directions.

We know that ancient animals exist because of the vestige they have left called fossils.

The best way to avoid confrontation is to just be volitious when someone gets angry with you.

1987 AP Test Essay

          Often times in life many people find a great life to be easy, with a low level of stress. " A life of leisure" as it is sometimes put. In a poem written by George Eliot he presents his ideas on leisure on how he perceives leisure in a comment community. He discusses leisure in multiple ways; he discusses the psychological effect leisure could have on a person, and in a personage way. He compares the leisure life against our judgement.
          Eliot states "Ingenious philosophers tell you, perhaps, that the great work of the steam-engin is to create leisure for mankind. Do not believe them: It only creates a vacuum for eager thoughts to rush in." In this quote Eliot shows that leisure causes many thoughts and expectations to come up and be exciting for us. Although be careful with ur excitement because if u let it build to high ur expectation may be disappointed. leisure causes people to expect that leisure things are expected to make things better for mankind and nicer, but it may not live up to ur expectations in other words. However he then turns around and takes leisure and it explains it through a life of a man.
          Eliot refers to leisure as "old leisure." Explaining how he "Life was not a task for him, but a sincere." Explaining that Leisure means life is to be relaxed, and worrie free. "He slept the sleep of the irresponsible." Eliot implies that "Old Leisure" sleeps like he has No responsibilities and sleeps the day way. That is leisure in Eliot's eyes, worried free and responsibility free.
          Leisure is only seen as a relaxed, do what you want, type of relaxation. Eliot shows that leisure is worried free. Although life is worried free, the thought of leisure may be deceiving. A leisure life is easy,  but the thought of leisure can be disappointing.
         

Reflections On Week 1

The beginning of this class has been a real bauble. I wish the rest of my classes were as interactive and electronic as my AP english class. My involvement in this class will not be hindered in anyway because of electronics, if anything I would be brought out to more involvement because not only can I be involved with this class during school, but I have involvement in the class 24/7. Some of my best learning experiences were lessons I learned when I was able to sit back and really think about it. I don't have any specific learning experience, but for example a life lesson. Thinking about life and what my perpose here has been, I have spent the last, well as long as I have been able to fathom that thought. My best lessons in life that I have learned have been those that I was able to go back and add to my previous knowledge. Which makes me most excited for this class because this class seems more oriented around life, and Thinking, and those discussions, create my blood to run hot and just my mind jump up and down and I look forward to seeing where this class goes...