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One trait of a hero is superhuman abilities such as strength. In line 313 the text states that Beowulf is the strongest man alive. Also during the fight with Grendal, Beowulf fought with his bare hands .

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One trait of an epic hero is bravery. Beowulf exemplifies this trait like when he allows his man to be killed by Grendel. Also when Beowulf won’t let go of Grendel because he knows he cannot allow him to escape.

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One trait of an epic hero that Beowulf exemplifies with the fight with Grendel is that he has a low point. One example being that he had to let one of his men die (261-268) and the other being that he didnt truly kill Grendel, but he had his arm, assuring that he may bleed out (337-346,356-360)

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One trait is having superhuman qualities,two examples would be killing grendel and his mother . When no one else could . Pages 418 and 4

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Beowulf has strength, "clutched at Beowulf with his claws" page 416 line 268-269. "He twisted in pain, and the bleeding sinews deep in his shoulder snapped, muscle and bone split." Page 418, line 338-340

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One of beowolfs traits os that he is a fierce warrior. The first wxample of this is in lines 268-275 beowolf clenches grendels hand as grendel reaches for beowolf and bents his claws back, grendel then knew tgat instant he has never met a man with stronger hands before. The second example is on lines 358-360 beowolf hung the arm of grendel from the rafters of the mead hall, this shows beowolf is a fierce warrior for ripping grendels arm off in the battle

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beowulf shows bravery in multiple ways, like in lines 314-315 when he tried to hold on to the monster amd kill it. Also in lines 271 -272 when beowulf grabs grendel and bends his claw back and fights back.

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Beowulf exemplifies courage, in line 275 during the fight with Grendel, Beowulf uses his bare hands to take down Grendel. It takes alot  of courage to take down a beast with your bare hands. Beowulf also exemplifies leadership for his men. In line 320 they all hack at Grendel as Beowulf holds him. They didn't do any damage, but it shows that Beowulf was their leader.

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The trait that Beowulf exemplifies is the possession of supernatural abilities or qualities. This can be implied by the first description of Beowulf given. The text describes Beowulf as: "...Greater and stronger than anyone anywhere in this world"(Lines 110-111). Supernatural qualities are also displayed during the battle with Grendel. Beowulf is said to have ripped Grendel's arm off of his shoulder, a feat of such strength that it could not have been done by another (lines 335-340).

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One trait that makes Beowulf is his courageousness . The evidence would be found in lines 241-243 where it states"he journeyed,forever joyless" and "found herot defended so firmly ,his reception ". Beowulf was the only one that even was brave enough to stand up to Grendel so that made him stand out more than everyone else .

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One trait of an epic hero is always having an honorable fight. When Beowulf was battling Grendel, he refused to bring a weapon to defend himself since Grendel was the one to fight with just his hands. 'My hands alone shall fight for me' [ lines 172-173 ]. Another way that he proved his honor while in the battle with Grendel, was that when he ripped Grendel's arm off and hung it in the rafters for decoration. [ lines 355-360 ]

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An epic trait that Beowulf has is bravery. He dared to step into herot at night (lines 241-243) when everyone including hrothgar's men did not. He also was brave enough to try to defeat Grendel when rothgar tried everything but to fight him off. (lines 86-90)

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Heros tend to boast, as Beowolf did in lines 142-144 when he is establishing that he is royalty. In lines 150-159, he describes all of his great accomplishments in battle, basically submitting a "resume" to Hrothgar.

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1. Complete yesterday's padlet: 081716
2. Read Beowulf in the text pages mid 415 - mid 418 and complete Epic Hero worksheet and Academic Concepts sheet as needed.

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A second trait for Beowulf would be his strength, for example when Grendel is done killing his first of the Geats, he Chooses Beowulf next but Beowulf pushes him off, another example is when Beowulf rips off Grendel's arm