Beowulf questions 11-25

Celebration at Herot

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2) Hrothgar offers to let Beowulf join his family as an adoptive son as thanks for his great deed, which Beowulf accepts.

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5) The narrator says Beowulf's king Hygelac, will wear the necklace in his last battle, and the Franks will steal it from his corpse at a later time.  The Queen presents the necklace to Beowulf and asks him to guide and protect her sons and wishes him good luck and fortune.

6) Though Grendel is dead the narrator says at least one of them is marked for death and Grendel’s mother still lives.

Another Attack

1) Grendel’s mother attacks to get revenge on the Geats and Danes for her son’s death, rather than an act of rage it is an act of revenge.

2) Grendel’s mother kills soldiers from both tribes, Danes and Geats, as well as kills and steals the body of Hrothgar’s Retainer, one of his dearest companions, a man named Aeschere. He asks Beowulf if he will track down and slay the demon.

3) The mere is a dark lake with seemingly no bottom, filled with sea creatures and monsters, that glows like fire at night, Grendel’s mother supposedly lives on the bottom.

Beowulf fights Grendel’s mother

1) Beowulf says that Hrothgar should come as well, for everyone dies and it is their duty to avenge their loved ones before they die.

2) The Geats and Danes kill a large Sea Monster before Beowulf enters the mere.

3) Beowulf prepares by wearing a golden helmet and chain mail shirt to not be cursed by the sea creatures on his way to Grendel’s mother. He wields a sword called Hrunting, a sword made and tempered in blood, it had never lost a battle and with it Beowulf would be unable to lose.

4) The poem is not very descriptive of it other than that the lair seems to be in a pocket of air under the lake, filled with treasures.

5) During the fight against Grendel’s mother the sword Beowulf borrowed is thrown aside when it cannot seem to harm Grendel’s mother.

6) Beowulf’s chain mail saves him from the knife Grendel’s mother tries to kill him with and is able to throw her off of his body, he heaves a large sword, from the era of giants the poet states, and uses it to cleave into the demon’s neck, killing her.