Beowulf Battles Grendel's Mother and Lives by Hannah Lucas https://padlet.com/hlucas4/kamsqhp3qzp2 Made with a little mischief en-us 2016-09-19 13:14:56 UTC 2016-09-21 10:31:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Pizza.png Question 1: How does the epic describe the two swords? are they included to compliment or contrast each other? hlucas4 https://padlet.com/hlucas4/kamsqhp3qzp2/wish/124721464 First Sword: Shining, Went through many fights, never failed. (lines 1520 - 1528)

Second Sword: Ancient from days of giants, any warrior would envy, HUGE (lines 1557- 1562)

The first sword is for human use while the one he found was for giants and more powerful, sort of representing that Grendel and his mom were very strong and powerful]]> 2016-09-19 13:20:10 UTC https://padlet.com/hlucas4/kamsqhp3qzp2/wish/124721464 Question 2: Describe how nature explains or reinforces the situation. gjacobs2 https://padlet.com/hlucas4/kamsqhp3qzp2/wish/124721627 Line 1425-1428: Sets the scene as a dark and gloomy place; one that is not inviting. It gives a sense of hostility with all the 'reptiles'.

Lines 1414-1417: Describes the scene with a sense of death. For instance, the bloody waters shows imagery for the death that has come from Grendel and its mother. The tree slanted sideways and other natural scenes share a creepy and frightening tone to the location of Grendel's mother's lair.]]> 2016-09-19 13:20:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hlucas4/kamsqhp3qzp2/wish/124721627 Question 3: Ultimately, the contest reflects the ideas of good versus evil. Provide support to explain the way the epic describes this contest. whuntley https://padlet.com/hlucas4/kamsqhp3qzp2/wish/124723726 Beowulf beheads the evildoer and kills the evildoer's mother. (lines 1563-1590)]]> 2016-09-19 13:23:41 UTC https://padlet.com/hlucas4/kamsqhp3qzp2/wish/124723726 Question 4 : Find two examples of kennings and explain the intended word.  hlucas4 https://padlet.com/hlucas4/kamsqhp3qzp2/wish/124726962 Line 1429: Sail Road = Sea 
Line 1446 Bone-Cage = Skeleton ]]> 2016-09-19 13:28:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hlucas4/kamsqhp3qzp2/wish/124726962 Question 5: Find two examples of personification and explain the idea each one is communicating.  gjacobs2 https://padlet.com/hlucas4/kamsqhp3qzp2/wish/124729232 "and the skies weep" ; describes the skies as crying which is setting a scene for a rainy day. The idea is that
"This is not the first time it had been called to perform heroic feats" ; describes the sword as someone who has been noble and is well known. The idea is that there is a task that the sword is about to do again that is heroic. ]]> 2016-09-19 13:32:52 UTC https://padlet.com/hlucas4/kamsqhp3qzp2/wish/124729232 Question 6: Find one example to reflect the passage of time.  hlucas4 https://padlet.com/hlucas4/kamsqhp3qzp2/wish/124730211 Line 1495: It was the best part of a day before he could see the solid bottom, meaning it took Beowulf a very long time to get to the bottom of the sea. ]]> 2016-09-19 13:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/hlucas4/kamsqhp3qzp2/wish/124730211 Question 7: Find one example of the narrator's biblical worldview. Does the narrator's opinion establish Beowulf as the hero or not? Explain your ideas.  hlucas4 https://padlet.com/hlucas4/kamsqhp3qzp2/wish/125052106 Line 1484: "Let the Lord of the Geats gaze on that gold." Shows that the narrator says that there are different lords of different people ]]> 2016-09-20 13:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/hlucas4/kamsqhp3qzp2/wish/125052106