Beowulf, A New Telling by Jerod Holen https://padlet.com/jerod_holen/aw3kpb45wukw Student 1, Student 2, Student 3, Student 4 en-us 2017-09-24 04:07:27 UTC 2017-09-24 17:12:56 UTC hello@padlet.com Exposition-opening situation in which the setting and characters are introduced. jerod_holen https://padlet.com/jerod_holen/aw3kpb45wukw/wish/190500815 The child and future king, Scyld Scefing, the  great grandfather of Hrothgar, arrives in the land of the Danes. The people were without a king, and believed the child's arrival was divine intervention. ]]> 2017-09-24 04:08:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jerod_holen/aw3kpb45wukw/wish/190500815 Setting-Time and place of the story. jerod_holen https://padlet.com/jerod_holen/aw3kpb45wukw/wish/190501670 The age of Viking warriors in the land of what is now called Scandinavia, sometime around the 7th century. A tale told far and wide.]]> 2017-09-24 04:22:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jerod_holen/aw3kpb45wukw/wish/190501670 Rising Action/Conflict: an internal and external struggle between opposing forces. Character vs. Character jerod_holen https://padlet.com/jerod_holen/aw3kpb45wukw/wish/190573102 King Hrothgar builds a great mead hall for his people, but this awakens the monster, Grendel, supposed son of Cain, who doesn't like the sound of human happiness. Grendel attacks the Danes killing many of Hrothgar's men. Grendel continues to attack the hall for 12 years, and the tale reaches far and wide, and reaches the shore of the Geats and the story's hero, Beowulf.]]> 2017-09-24 15:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jerod_holen/aw3kpb45wukw/wish/190573102 Protagonist/Antagonist- jerod_holen https://padlet.com/jerod_holen/aw3kpb45wukw/wish/190576587 Protagonist- the main or central character.
Beowulf, the brave hero. He knows he has good and evil in him , but chooses good.

Antagonist (s)- the opponent or enemy of the main character.
Grendel-hellish monster said to be the son of Cain.
She- Grendel's mother who seeks revenge for the slaying of her son by Beowulf.
Firedrake- Dragon that King Beowulf must destroy to save his people and kingdom.]]> 2017-09-24 15:55:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jerod_holen/aw3kpb45wukw/wish/190576587 Climax- the point in the story at which the conflict reaches its greatest intensity and then is resolved. jerod_holen https://padlet.com/jerod_holen/aw3kpb45wukw/wish/190578821 Beowulf squares off against Grendel's mother, the nameless one who lay with Cain, and gave birth to evil. Beowulf defeats her with his bare hands because his fingers embody the goodness of light.]]> 2017-09-24 16:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jerod_holen/aw3kpb45wukw/wish/190578821 Falling Action- events that follow the climax of the story. jerod_holen https://padlet.com/jerod_holen/aw3kpb45wukw/wish/190580410 Beowulf has defeated Grendel and She, the nameless evil in the land of the Danes. Leaving a hero, Beowulf returns home to find the land of the Geats in turmoil and helps a child king find peace. Beowulf grows old but still must use his wits to face a dragon, that has awoke due to his treasure horde being disturbed. Now king, Beowulf with his men defeat the the dragon with a beehive.]]> 2017-09-24 16:20:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jerod_holen/aw3kpb45wukw/wish/190580410 Resolution- the end, or to be more specific how the conflicts are resolved. jerod_holen https://padlet.com/jerod_holen/aw3kpb45wukw/wish/190582389 In the end, our hero Beowulf dies after his battle with the Firedrake, however, it is not because of the dragon. Essentially, Beowulf succumbs to old age and leaves his kingdom, and the Viking kingdom better for having known him. ]]> 2017-09-24 16:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jerod_holen/aw3kpb45wukw/wish/190582389 Theme-the message or moral jerod_holen https://padlet.com/jerod_holen/aw3kpb45wukw/wish/190584253 There are many themes in Beowulf, friendship, family, bravery, brain versus brawn, just to name a few. The most important though, I believe is the idea that everyone has the ability for goodness and evil in them. Beowulf chose to use himself for good. It is the oldest story in the English language, and an ultimate battle of good versus evil.]]> 2017-09-24 16:44:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jerod_holen/aw3kpb45wukw/wish/190584253