Mean

Remorseless

Unforgiving

Treacherous

Stalker

Sneaky

Provides a vision of the world as essentially meaningless and empty

Kenning: Mankind's enemy

“ Would sail across the sea to Hrothgar, Now when help was needed...”

Hurt

Uneasy

Desperate

Resentful

Kenning: Their lord, A mighty prince, King of the Danes

Loyal

Confident

"Desire to prove himself"

"Believes wholeheartedly in the heroic ideals of his warrior culture"

"Loyalty to his people and allies"

Kenning: The protector of noble place

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They are willing to die for honor and not for the money

“Grendel’s one thought was to run from Beowulf. Flee back to his marsh...”

"She ripped and tore and clawed at him, bit holes in his helmet."

"She tore and scratched in vain"

To the waiting hands of still worse fiends.

The infamous killer fought

For his freedom, wanting no flesh but retreat

A foul wretched being

Descendant of Cain

Grasped at a strong-hearted wakeful sleeper

That shepherd of evil, guardian of crime, Knew at once that nowhere on earth

Had he met a man whose hands were harder

But Higlac's follower remembered his final Boast

and, standing erect, stopped

The monsters flight

Of him who of all the men on earth

Was the strongest.

That mighty protector of men

Had been served as he'd boasted he'd serve them: Beowulf, a prince of the geats, had killed Grendel, Ended the grief, the sorrow, the suffering

Proud

Stoic

The wisdom to be a great king

King of the Geats and Beowulf's lord

The king of the Danes- Exemplary model of kingship

Wexstan's son

A good soldier

Beowulf accepts whatever happens to him as opposed to the destiny that may embark between him and the dragon.

As dark as the air, as black as the rain

One of the devils was a female creature

Hidden Evil before Hidden evil

Walked through the wilderness, Like a man-but mightier than any man.

It was the last time anyone would wear it

So fame comes to the men who mean to win it And care about nothing else!

Vengeance

Wicked

Retaliate

A great, bearlike monster

lives in a cave in a vast underground realm.

Desperately tries to protect Grendel from the humans and his fate.

The Father and protector of all

The Geats great lord

Questioned Beowulf's bravery before the battle with Grendel- Unsure

The Geats Greant prince

That famous prince

Doubtful

Anxious

Rebellious

Has lost some of his strength with age

The dragon Coiled and uncoiled, its heart urging it into battle

The monster

The dragon leaped with pain, thrashed, and beat at him, spouting Murderous flames, spreading them everywhere

Fire-spitting terror

Angry

A great cranky beast that rules over a vast hoard of treasure

Scared

Cowardly

Wounded king

That brave king

The gray bearded lord of the Geats

Clinging onto life

Weak

Desperate

A brave young warrior

Loyal

Obedient

Helpful

"This tower, and remember my name, and call it Beowulf's tower, and boats in the darkness And mist, crossing the sea, will know it."

Heroic

Successor

Mournful

Brave warrior

"And so Beowulf's followers Rode, mourning their beloved leader, Crying that no better king had ever Lived, no prince so mild, no man So open to his people, so deserving of praise.

For a dwelling in some distant place- A journey Into darkness that all men must make, as death Ends their few brief hours on earth.

Grieving

Sad

Regretful

Sorrowful

For ten long days they made his monument, Sealed his ashes in walls as straight And high as wise and willing hands Could raise them.

Telling their sorrow, telling stories, Of their dead king and his greatness, his glory, Praising him for his heroic deeds.

Well-known warrior

An important man among the Danes

Cocky

Taunting

Provoking

A Scylding hero who is unable to defeat Grendel in battle

Becomes bitter when Grendel denies him the opportunity to embody those ideals

'Aren't you the Beowulf who had the swimming contest with Beca?' Unferth asked. 'He certainly beat you there, after seven days in the icy waves of the open sea. Day and night the two of you struggled in the grip of the icy ocean. But Breca reached home before you. You won't last long if you dare to wait for Grendel to meet him face to face.'

Strong

Brave

Fearless

"For the anger of the water-beasts had been roused and I had plenty to do. They attacked me, meaning to make a feast of me - one even dragged me to the bottom - my mail-shirt protected me and my sword hacked at them hard"

Breca was washed ashore

"We took out swords to ward off the whales and swam into the freezing waves. For five days and nights we stayed together in the icy water, until a furious North wind swept us apart in the dark night. Breca was washed ashore but I stayed at sea."