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Choose 2 questions to answer using R.A.C.E.S. format.  Each response should be at least 1 paragraph.  Make sure that your post  has your name on it!
1. Clarify Why does Hrothgar ask Beowulf to battle Grendel’s
mother?
2. Summarize What does Beowulf do after he kills Grendel’s
mother?
3. Compare and Contrast Compare the two monsters. Does the
behavior of Grendel’s mother seem as wicked or unreasonable
as Grendel’s behavior? Support your opinion with evidence
from the text.
4. Why do you think Grendel's mother is portrayed as more human than monster? What could be the reason that she is not referred to by her name?

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1. Hrothgar asks Beowulf to battle Grendel’s mother because she killed Hrothgar's closest friend. Grendel’s mother went to the hall and took Hrothgar’s friend as a meal. On page 55, line 411 the story states, “Took a single victim and fled from the hall, Running to the moors, discovered, but her supper Assured, sheltered in her dripping claws. She’d taken Hrothgar’s closest friend.” This line from the story shows that Grendel’s mother took Hrothgar’s closest friend and why Hrothgar sent for Beowulf. In conclusion, Hrothgar sends for Beowulf to battle Grendel’s mother because she took Hrothgar’s closest friend.

2.) After Beowulf kills Grendel’s mother he takes Grendel's head back with him. Beowulf found Grendel's body in the corner of the room and cut his head off of his body. On page 59, line 540 the story states, “But Beowulf repaid him for those visits, Found him lying dead in his corner, Armless, exactly as that fierce fighter Had sent him out from Herot, Then struck off his head with a single blow.” This line from the story shows where he found Grendel’s body and how he got his head. In conclusion, after Beowulf killed Grendel’s mother he searched the house for Grendel’s body and took his head.

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Question #1

The reason why Hrothgar asked Beowulf to battle Grendel’s mother after Grendel's death. Is because Grendel’s mother Attacks Heorot and kidnaps Hrothgar’s closest friend . On page 45 line 411 the story states “She took a single victim and fled the hall” also in line 414 “She’d taken Hrothgar’s closest friend” That is the textual evidence from the poem to show that Grendel's mother took Hrothgar’s friend and why Hrothgar asked Beowulf to battle her. In conclusion Hrothgar asked for Beowulf to battle and defeat Grendel's mother because his closest friend was taken by her.

Question #2

After The Battle with Grendel's mother Beowulf takes Grendel's head back with him. Beowulf observed Grendel's body toward the edge of the room and cut his head off of his body. On page 59, line 540 the story states, "Yet Beowulf repaid him for those visits, Found him lying dead in his corner, Armless, exactly as that fierce fighter Had sent him out from Herot, Then hit off his head with a single blow." This shows where Beowulf observed Grendel's body and the way in which he got his head. All in all, after Beowulf kills Grendel's mother he looks around the house for Grendel's corpse and takes Grendel's head with him.

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1. Hrothgar ask Beowulf to battle Grendel's mother because of the death caused by Grendel’s mother was far too close and personal for Hrothgar. Grendel’s mother took Aeschere, a warrior and close confidant of the king. Grendel's mother was in Heorot on a mission to avenge her son’s death, which gave Beowulf the best option to kill her then. As the warriors sleep in the mead-hall, Grendel’s mother, a horrible monster in her own right, descends on Heorot in a frenzy of grief and rage, seeking vengeance for her son’s death. When she falls upon and seizes a sleeping man, the noise wakes the others. The warriors seize their swords and rush toward her. The monster panics and flees, still carrying her victim, Hrothgar's trusted adviser, Aeschere, in her grasp. Beowulf, having been given other sleeping quarters, is away from Heorot when Grendel’s mother makes her raid. By the time he arrives at the hall, she is gone. The warriors discover that she has stolen Grendel's arm as well. In lines 410-414 "To save her life she moved still faster, took a single victim and fled from the hall, Running to the moors, discovered, but her supper Assured, sheltered in her dripping claws. She'd taken Hrothgar's closest friend,".

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The actions of Beowulf after slaying Grendel's mother is key in the story in putting an end to the monster. After killing his mother, Beowulf comes upon Grendel in his mothers cave and chops his head off then justifies his final actions by discussing with the group of men with him that Grendel was too much of a menace to take a chance of him still being alive. Within the passage on page 59, it states “Found him lying dead in his corner, Armless, exactly as that fierce fighter had sent him out from Herot, then struck off his head with a swift blow. The body jerked for the last time, then laid still.” This shows the actions of Beowulf after killing Grendel's mother and how much of a threat he thought Grendel the menacing monster needed to die after viciously killing and terrorizing the people of the towns. In conclusion Beowulf despised Grendel very much so slicing his head was the only way he felt comfortable leaving bringing justice to the town from the Monster.

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Grendel's mother never being spoken of by her name is peculiar and contradicts the knowledge that she is just like Grendel or more like mankind. I believe that Grendel's mother may be a crossbreed of man and beast, Siren like. Then, Beowulf never referring to her by her name may mean that she is a forbidden figure during these times like she was pushed away from society because she was unlike the regular people but known to be a harm for society. In the poem page 57 line 554 it states “at once the greedy she-wolf who’d ruled the waters for half a hundred years” which means she was a water based monster and later in the story it vaguely describes her human shape and talks about how she had claws and how the waters she was in were cursed like how a siren has mystical powers and feminine human looks. This represents why she could have been looked at as more human than monster because she resembled a human's features more than monster. Sirens in mythology are known to prey on men, so her having the monster child that also terrorizes men adds up. Even though the story doesn't completely give a description of her physically it gives small adjectives to describe her features so the idea of the siren seems more realistic in the mythological story.

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The Battle with Grendel's mother Roundtable Discussion Questions

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The Battle with Grendel's mother Roundtable Discussion Questions

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Clarify Why does Hrothgar ask Beowulf to battle Grendel’s mother?

Question 1

Hrothgar asks Beowulf to battle Grendel’s mother, because she kidnaps Hrothgar’s best friend. On page 55 line 411 through line 417 , the text stated "Took a single victim and fled from the hall, Running to the moors, discovered, but her supper Assured, sheltered in her dripping claws. She’d taken Hrothgar’s closest friend, The man he most loved of all men on earth; She’d killed a glorious soldier, cut A noble life short. No Geat could have stopped her" This proves the reason Hrothgar ask beowulf to battle Grendel's mother, Because Grendel's mother kidnapped his closest friend. In conclusion that Hrothgar ask Beowulf to battle with Grendel's mother because she had kidnapped Hrathgar's closest friend.

What does Beowulf do after he kills Grendel’s mother?

Question 2

After Beowulf  kills Grendel's mother, he sees the body of Grendel nearby and he cuts off Grendel's head, then Beowulf swims back to the surface and proceeds with the Danes to Heorot, where he presents the head to Hrothgar. On page 59, line 540 the story states, "Yet Beowulf repaid him for those visits, Found him lying dead in his corner, Armless, exactly as that fierce fighter Had sent him out from Herot, Then hit off his head with a single blow." In this line shows where Grendel's body was found and how Beowulf got Grendel's head . In conclusion, after Beowulf killed Grendel's mother, he found Grendel's body, he cut off Grendel's head and took it back with him.

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After Beowulf kills Grendel's mother he finds Grendel's head and cuts it off. Beowulf strikes Grendel's mother with the sword slicing her in two and splitting her collarbones.  Beowulf notices Grendel's body and he instantaneously cuts off the monster's head to present it to Hrothgar. Lines 569-578 talked about what happen with Grendel's head and Grendel's mother corpse. "And then the battle’s only survivor
Swam up and away from those silent corpses;", lines 574-575.

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1. Hrothgar asks Beowulf to battle Grendel's mother because Grendel's mother killed his closest friend when she attacked Hereot. Line 414 states, "She’d taken Hrothgar’s closest friend, The man he most loved of all men on earth; she’d kill a glorious soldier, cut a noble life short. No Geat could have stopped her.” This shows that Gendel’s mother was in rage after the murder of her son.  In conclusion, Grendel’s mother was very upset about the battle with her son, out of spite, she attacked Hereot while they were sleeping. She kidnapped and killed one Hrothgar closest friend. He was still devastated by the loss, so he asked Beouwulf to battle her

2. After Beowulf kills Grendel’s mother, he cuts off Grendel’s head. In the text, it states, “The monster’s hall was full of rich treasures but all that Beowulf took was Grendel’s head and the hit of the giants’ jeweled sword.” It shows that Beowulf wanted to take a step further than Grendel’s mother. When Beowulf kills Grendel, Grendel’s mother took his claw, so to outdo her, he took his head. To conclude, after a battle everyone thought Beowulf was going to lose, he claimed his victory by taking the head of Grendel.

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Question 2. After Beowulf kills Grendel’s mother, the lair is described to become brighter after she dies and Beowulf looks around and checks out his surroundings. Then he finds Grendel's corpse and decapitates the remains. This is explained in lines 1497 through lines 1812. He was still seeking revenge and felt better after he finished off the job. There Beowulf in the lair just killed Grendal’s mother and goes back and decapitates his corpse.Question 1. Hrothgar asks Beowulf to battle Grendel's mother because of jealousy. Hrothgar tries to give Beowulf a warning about the kingship, in the passage he says that Beowulf shouldn’t give way to pride. Beowulf is a strong warrior and Hrothgar knows this and he’s jealous of him and believes he’d be able to defeat Grendel’s mother. This is cowardly on Hrothgar's part. He’s obviously jealous of Beowulf's strength and gratitude.

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Question 2. After Beowulf kills Grendel’s mother, the lair is described to become brighter after she dies and Beowulf looks around and checks out his surroundings. Then he finds Grendel's corpse and decapitates the remains. This is explained in lines 1497 through lines 1812. He was still seeking revenge and felt better after he finished off the job. There Beowulf in the lair just killed Grendal’s mother and goes back and decapitates his corpse.Question 1. Hrothgar asks Beowulf to battle Grendel's mother because of jealousy. Hrothgar tries to give Beowulf a warning about the kingship, in the passage he says that Beowulf shouldn’t give way to pride. Beowulf is a strong warrior and Hrothgar knows this and he’s jealous of him and believes he’d be able to defeat Grendel’s mother. This is cowardly on Hrothgar's part. He’s obviously jealous of Beowulf's strength and gratitude.

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Summarize What does Beowulf do after he kills Grendel’sMother? 

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Summarize What does Beowulf do after he kills Grendel’sMother? 

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Gerndel’s mother who’s only human feature was that she cared for her child in a motherly way and also fell victim to Beowulf hands. After Beowulf kills Grendel’s mother he takes back with him  the she-wolf's severed head as a trophy. Beowulf and the Danes came together to celebrate the victory and along with them was the queen, they drank the night. The next part of the story we see that Beowulf finally has his final battle, after the deaths of the monsters the life of the Danes was peaceful.

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question 1 " what does Beowulf do after he kills Grendel's mother?"
After Beowulf kills Grendel's mother he sees the body of Grendel nearby and he cuts off Grendel's head as a trophy. Then Beowulf swims back to the surface and proceeds with the danes to heorot, where he presents the head to Hrothgar. On page 59 line 540 the story states " Yet Beowulf repaid him for those visits , found him lying dead in his corner, armless , exactly as fierce fighter has sent him out from herot, then hit off his head with a single blow." In that line it shows where Grendel's body was found and how Beowulf collected Grendel's head. So in conclusion it is talking about how Beowulf cuts off Grendel's head and how he takes it back to Hrothgar as his trophy.

question 2 " why does Hrothgar ask Beowulf to battle Grendel's mother?"
Beowulf killed Grendel's mother because he killed one of Hrothgar's closest friend.  Beowulf arrived at Herot to help Hrothgar and his men to kill the monster who attacked his friend. On page 55, line 411 the story states " Took a single victim and fled from the hall , running too the moors, discovered, but her supper assured, sheltered in her dripping claws. she's taken Hrothgar's closest friend." that part in the story shows that grendel's mother killed Hrothgar's closest friend and that's why Hrothgar sent Beowulf to kill Grendel's mother. So the conclusion is that Hrothgar was very upset because Grendel's mother killed his closest friend so he sent Beowulf to kill Grendel's mother for payback on her killing his closest friend.