1ST BLOCK-Roundtable Discussion Questions by LEKISA WILLIAMS https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k Beowulf: Battle with Grendel's Mother en-us 2022-02-01 13:05:09 UTC 2025-12-24 06:07:59 UTC hello@padlet.com The Battle with Grendel's Mother lekisawilliams https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2023344548 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 not referred to by her name?]]> 2022-02-01 13:51:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2023344548 compare and contrast the two monsters. does the behavior of grendel's mother seem a wicked or unreasonable as grendel behavior? https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2037850886 Both monsters are different in their own ways. Grendel's mother is not as cruel as grendel. Grendel has been killing the danes for 12 years and was just doing it for himself. Also the warriors were afraid of his evil and what he could do to them.Grendel's mother was angry that her son has died, so she had reason to kill. ( What is your name?)

]]> 2022-02-09 13:22:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2037850886 1. Hrothgar asked Beowulf to battle Grendel's mother because he was devastated by the loss of his friend and just wanted him to save them. https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2037873502 2. He finds Grendel's body and cuts his  head off.

3.Grendel was still as wicked as his mom Grendel was killing for enjoyment and his mom did it out of anger for the lost of her son.

4.She was a mother and a monster she looked half more human than monster other than her son.]]> 2022-02-09 13:32:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2037873502 Discussion Questions https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2037876906 Question 2:       What does Beowulf do after defeating Grendel's evil mother? Beowulf goes and searches for Grendel not knowing he's dead. Beowulf finds Grendel's body leaning against the wall where his mother laid him. Beowulf take one last look and with the sword he used to kill Grendel's mother, and raises it and swings with fore to cut off Grendel's head as his body made one last twitch before being dead forever. This can be found on page 59, starting on line 540. "In his pouch. 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 swift blow. The body
Jerked for the last time, then lay still." This explains what happened after Beowulf defeated the mother of Grendel, and then now having Grendel's mother's head and his head and arm to be victory souvenir. 



]]> 2022-02-09 13:34:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2037876906 Daylon Peterson 1. Clarify why Hrothgar asked Beowulf to battle Grendel's mother ? https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2037941373 Hrothgar asks beowulf to battle and kill Grendel's mother, because she took the life of hrothgar closest friend. " The man he most loved of all men on earth ". Stated on the section or paragraph called Grendel's mother, on page 56 between lines 420 - 425. It states that Hrothgar himself sent for Beowulf to hunt down the murderer who killed the one man he loved. Beowulf was the only man, the only person that was capable of killing such a person. No geat could have stopped her. As you can tell Hrothgar needed someone to avenge his friend and no one could do a job as high stakes as this one. ]]> 2022-02-09 14:02:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2037941373 Darius Carnell https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2039114252  Question 1. Clarify why does Hrothgar ask Beowulf to battle Grendel's mother?

Hrothgar asked Beowulf to kill Grendel's mother because Grendel's mother killed Hrothgar right hand man at night. Then Hrothgar told Beowulf that everything is depending on him a second time to defeat Grendel’s mother. He said he gone have a chest of gold to see if he is up to the challenge. Hrothgar needed someone he could trust on his side so they could get the job done. So that’s why he pick Beowulf because he knows that he is the only that can kill Grendel’s. 

question 2. Summarize what does Beowulf do after he kills Grendel’s mother?

After he kills Grendel’s mother he Sees Grendel’s body near by and he cuts his head off like a trophy. Then before he swims back up the lake he spots Grendel’s mother lair full of treasure but all he takes was jewel of the melted sword and Grendel’s head. When Beowulf cuts off Grendel's head, the water heaves and surges, and the warriors can see blood. Sooner or later the warriors bow their heads down and thought that Beowulf has been killed. Then they take the great return back to Heorot Hall and takes Grendel’s big head with them. 
]]> 2022-02-10 00:18:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2039114252 1. Clarify Why does Hrothgar ask Beowulf to battle Grendel’s mother? 2. Summarize what does Beowulf do after he kills Grendel's mother? lailataylor2 https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2039422270 1. Hrothgar ask Beowulf to battle Grendel's mother because she killed Hrothgar's closest friend. This is shown on pg.55 line 514-516 it states " she'd taken Hrothgar's closest friend, the man he most loved of all men on earth; she'd killed a glorious soldier". This explains that Hrothgar ask Beowulf to kill Grendel's mother for revenge . In conclusion because Grendel's mother killed Hrothgar's closest friend "the man he most loved of all men on earth' he asked Beowulf to kill her.
2. After Beowulf kills Grendel's mother he finds Grendel's body and cuts his head off. This is shown in the poem on pg 59 line 542-544 it states "Armless, exactly as the fierce fighter had sent him out herot, then struck off his head with a single swift blow." This explains what Beowulf did after he found Grendel. In conclusion after Beowulf kills Grendel’s mother he also takes Grendel’s head. 

]]> 2022-02-10 04:03:15 UTC https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2039422270 The Battle with Grendel's Mother-Chelsea Cochran https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2040253085 After Beowulf kills Grendel's mother, he stars to wonder around the cave in search for Grendel. When Beowulf found Grendel, he was already dead. In sight of seeing Grendel dead Beowulf cut his head off. The text states, "He looked at her home, then following along the wall went walking, his hands tightly along the sword, his heart still angry." and it also states, "But Beowulf repaid him for those visits, found him lying dead in the corner, armless, exactly as that fierce fighter had sent him out from Herot, then struck off his head with a single swift blow." Beowulf took Grendel's head back to Hrothgar and his soldiers to show that he had avenged those who had died due to the wickedness of Grendel and hid mother.

Hrothgar asked Beowulf to kill Grendel's mother because Grendel's Mother had taken Hrothgar's closest friend and the man he loved most. "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." also in the passage it shows Hrothgar telling Beowulf where to find Grendel's mother and where to kill her. “They live in secret places, windy
Cliffs, wolf-dens where water pours
From the rocks, then runs underground, where mist steams like black clouds, and the groves of trees growing out over their lake are all covered" and it also states, "On those shores, refuses to save its life in that water. It isn’t far, nor is it a pleasant spot!" Hrothgar sends Beowulf to go after Grendel's Mother to avenge his closest friend.]]> 2022-02-10 13:48:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2040253085 Naryja Driver Q1,2 https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2043074194 Q1.Hrothgar ask Beowulf to battle Grendel mother because on her killing spree she killed one of his closet friends. She did the killing out the anger of loosing her son. The man she killed was the only man the king loved. Hrothgar sent for Beowulf cause he felt as if he was the only one who could kill her. Hrothgar needed someone trustworthy enough to make sure that she was killed and that's why he choose Beowulf.
Q2.After Beowulf kills Grendel’s mother, the lair become brighter after she dies. Beowulf looks around and checks out his surroundings. Then he finds Grendel's body where his mom left him and chop his head off. He was still looking revenge and felt better after he finished off the job. ]]> 2022-02-11 19:37:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2043074194 Daylon Peterson 2. summarize what does beowulf do after he kills grendel's mother https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2046281012 After killing grendel's mother he rejoiced in the sight of her lifeless body, but his job wasn't finished. Beowulf was hunting another "dead" monster for revenge against grendel's last attacks but little did he know the monster he was seeking was already deceased as stated on line 541. With the sword still in his hand he chopped the head off of grendel the same way he did his mother. Beowulf was supposed to kill grendel but he didn't know that he was already dead and to make sure that he was beowulf struck him in the head. So, that's what happend after the battle with grendel's mother and the aftermath of the altercation. ]]> 2022-02-14 14:07:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2046281012 Clarify Why does Hrothgar ask Beowulf to battle Grendel’s Mother? https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2076955313 Why would Hrothgar ask Beowulf to battle Grendel’s Mother?  Hrothgar asks Beowulf to battle Grendel’s Mother because she came after them for revinage because they killed her son. In the story it reads. “The warriors go to sleep—but Grendel's mother, grieving for her son, is out marauding in the night, ready to avenge herself on her son's killers.”The reason I said that was because she acts like a grieving mother. She wants her son to be at peace and that's why she took his arm.    



]]> 2022-03-04 01:08:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2076955313 maliek - 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 https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2076966806  I think that grendel’s mother is portrayed as a human than monster because, she wasn't killing until after beowulf died. As if she was showing feelings for losing her son.  Humans show feelings when loved ones are killed and want to avenge them. I think she just wants to avenge her son. 

]]> 2022-03-04 01:13:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2076966806 Discussion Questions jaliesciaatkinson https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2077915720 1. Clarify Why does Hrothgar ask Beowulf to battle Grendel’s
Mother?
Why would Hrothgar ask Beowulf to battle Grendel’s Mother?  Hrothgar asks Beowulf to battle Grendel’s Mother because she came after them for revenge because they killed her son. In the story it reads. “The warriors go to sleep—but Grendel's mother, grieving for her son, is out marauding in the night, ready to revenge herself on her son's killers. She enters Heorot and seizes a man, waking the other warriors. Frightened, she takes Grendel's arm from its place under the roof, and flees.” The reason I said that was because she acts like a grieving mother. She wants her son to be at peace and that's why she took his arm.    

2. Summarize What does Beowulf do after he kills Grendel’s
Mother?
After killing Grendel’s Mother what does Beowulf do? Beowulf finds Grendel’s body and cuts off his head. The passage reads as follows “The lair becomes brighter after Grendel's mother dies, and Beowulf is able to inspect his surroundings. He finds Grendel's body and, to take further revenge, he decapitates the corpse. ... When Beowulf cuts off Grendel's head, the water heaves and surges, and they can see blood.” he finds the dead body and cuts off the head to keep as a trophy. 


]]> 2022-03-04 13:40:30 UTC https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2077915720 Anya Alsobrooks anyaalsobrooks https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2099922507
1. Hrothgar ask Beowulf to battle Grendel’s
mother because he wants him to save them. In the book , page 56 , line 446 it says," Save us, once more , and again twisted gold, heaped up ancient treasure , will reward you for the battle you win."This shows that Hrothgar wants beowulf to risk is life and save them.

2. After Beowulf  kills Grendel's mother he finds  Grendel's body and cuts his head  
off. This is shown in the  poem on pg 59  
line 542-544 it states  "Armless, exactly as the  fierce fighter had sent him out  herot, then struck off his head with  a single swift 
blow." This  explains what Beowulf did after  he found Grendel. 
]]> 2022-03-17 12:15:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2099922507 what does Beowulf do after killing grendel's mother? and why is she portrayed as human than a monster? (jalan hann) https://padlet.com/lekisawilliams/62t87ho5o7i8aa9k/wish/2101388408 When Beowulf killed Grendel's grandmother it's quite questionable what he did after making that type of crime. He went on to find Grendel's body and decapitated his head. Beowulf states in line 1251, “wise sir do not give grief, it's always better to avenge dear ones than to indulge in the mornings.” So to answer the following question, Beowulf killed grendel as well right after murdering his mother. 

Grendel’s mother is portrayed more as human than monster in the book because she seeks revenge when her son comes back wounded on both arms. It states in the book that her motive is as human as it is monstrous as she seeks revenge for her defeated son and reclaims his arm, which from her point of view must seem a barbaric trophy. So therefore grenderls mother is portrayed as a human because she shows her feelings in revenge and actions instead of murder and killing


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