Beowulf - the hero, strongest warrior in all the world, kind of likes to show – boasts, killed sea monsters, got rid of the giants, swam in the open ocean

Hrothgar – King of the , his people are dying – being eaten by

Grendel – monster, descendant of – born evil, God hates him, loves killing and eating people, defeats him by ripping off Grendel’s arm which is then hung from the rafters of Herot

Herot – -hall, the hall that has been attacked by Grendel for 12 years, ’s pride

Grendel’s mom - kills Hrothgar’s BFF and takes Grendel’s arm, Beowulf kills her by cutting off her head with a giant’s sword – King of the after Beowulf, he was loyal and didn’t run from the – venomous and fire-breathing, mortally wounded Beowulf by biting his neck, killed by Wiglaf and Beowulf working together, has treasure Geats – Beowulf’s people, attacked by the Dragon Danes – Hrothgar’s people, attacked by Grendel and Grendel’s mother What actions make Beowulf an epic hero?: look at the chart you filled out – this will be a short essay question on the test (a paragraph answer)

-Describe the home of Grendel and his mother: hell on earth, water burns at night, secret place, wolf-dens, no one knows how deep the lake is and they live at the bottom, trees covered with frozen spray make the whole place darker, snakelike roots, a deer won’t even go in the water to save its life from a pack of hunting dogs