Answer each question with the appropriate evidence from the text. (pgs. 47-51: The Battle W/Grendel’s Mother)
1. What characteristic of an epic hero does Beowulf display in lines 450-454? Please give a textual example in your answer.
2. In lines 473-474 the lake is described as a “fiery flame”—what might this be symbolic of?
3. What motivates Beowulf in lines 475-492? Give a specific example from the text in your answer.
4. Summarize the action in lines 489-525. How is this different from the fight with Grendel?
5. What characteristic(s) of an epic hero does Beowulf display in lines 590-605? Please give a specific example from the text in your answer.
6. Why do you think the Geats want the Danes to see Grendel’s head?
7. Give 2 examples of alliteration from the passage?
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