Summary Drinking singing and loud banging were main staples at the Herot mead hall However not everyone was enjoying the nightly festivities Grendel a demon forever cursed by god was not pleased with the change from his quiet life style in a cave directly under the mead hall Therefore he beg ID: 333187
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Summary
Drinking, singing, and loud banging were main staples at the Herot mead hall. However not everyone was enjoying the nightly festivities. Grendel, a demon forever cursed by god was not pleased with the change from his quiet life style in a cave directly under the mead hall. Therefore he begins to terrorize the Danes above coming in the night and eating everyone in the hall. Herot became deserted and it seemed that not even the king Hrothgar could bring Grendel down.
By: Michael MillerSlide3
Christian Influence
lines 19-23
He was spawned in that slime, conceived by a pair of those monsters born of Cain, murderous creatures banished by God, punished forever for the crime
of Able’s death
A reference to the biblical story of Cain and Able, sons of Adam and Eve. After God favored Able’s sacrifice over Cain’s; Cain became jealous and killed Able. He was the first murderer and it was said that Cain’s offspring will forever be cursed. This passage suggests that Grendel is a distant relative of Cain.
By: Michael MillerSlide4
Caesura
line 57
distance was safety; the only survivorsthis line has a pause near the middle and two stressed syllables on either side of the pause.By: Michael Miller Slide5
Anglo-Saxon Value
Leslie Diehl
Some Anglo-Saxon values were strength and courage. Slide6
The Kenning
Leslie Diehl
Line 74: “That shadow of death…”It’s a Kenning for Grendel.Slide7
Synonyms
Leslie DiehlAffliction: Misery (http://thesaurus.com/browse/affliction)Livid: Discolored (http://thesaurus.com/browse/livid)Gorge: Filling (http://thesaurus.com/browse/gorge)
Loathsome: Horrible
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Infamous: Disgraceful
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Purge: Suppression
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Lair: Hideaway
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Talon: Nail
(http://thesaurus.com/browse/talon)Slide8
Characteristics Of An Epic
In an epic story there is always an antagonist. Right away in the story it establishes Grendel as an antagonist. The first line reads “A powerful monster, living down in the darkness…”.
By: Alec AshleySlide9
Group Slide
This passage is the beginning of our story. This passage introduces us to the antagonist. The poet included it because like already stated it introduces us to the antagonist. Slide10
Alliteration:
Alliteration is the repeated beginning sound of words near each other. “Grendel went up to Herot, wondering what the warriors would do in the hall…” (lines 30-31) is a good example of alliteration.
By: Alec AshleySlide11
Figures of Speech In the Reading
“...sorrow heaped at his door by hell-forged hands.” is a figure of speech because the sorrow wasn’t literally heaping at the door and it is saying that Hrothgar has become very sorrowful because of Grendel.
By: Alec Ashley