What images came to your mind as you read this part of the epic? Which image was most vivid?
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In what specific ways does Herot contrast with the place where Grendel lives?
In lines 3-13 the poet describes the bard's songs in Hrothgar's hall. How does
the content of the songs contrast with Grendel and his world?
What significance can you see in the fact that Grendel attacks at night? What
images describing Grendel might associate him with death or darkness?
Why do you think Grendel hates Herot? What symbolic meaning might underlie
the confrontation between Grendel and Hrothgar?
Why do you think it's important to Beowulf and to his image as an epic hero that
he meet Grendel without a weapon? What symbolism do you see in the
uselessness of human weapons against Grendel?
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Why do you think that Beowulf allows Grendel to slaughter one of the Geats
before taking action himself?
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What specific verbs are used to create a tone of fierceness in Beowulf's
confrontation with Grendel?
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How do the actions of Beowulf's men uphold the Anglo-Saxon code of honor?
Why do you think Beowulf hangs Grendel's arm from the rafters of Herot?

Occurrences of major earthquakes are considered unusual, but minor tremors happen frequently. which word is an adjective?

You visit two websites about inventions of the 21st century. one has .edu in the url address and the other has .com. which site is more likely to be credible and why? (6 points) select one: a. the .edu site is more likely to be credible because all .com sites are trying to sell you something. b. the .edu site is more likely to be credible because its domain is a university or other school type. c. the .com site is more likely to be credible because all .edu sites are personal college student blogs. d. the .com site is more likely to be credible because its owners review all the content before publishing.

He leaned his head against the wall; his eyes were shut, his hands clasped in each other, and his body seemed to be sustained in an upright position merely by the cellar-door against which he rested his left shoulder. the lethargy into which he was sunk seemed scarcely interrupted by my feeling his hand and his forehead. his throbbing temples and burning skin indicated a fever . . there was only one circumstance that hindered me from forming an immediate determination in what manner this person should be treated. my family consisted of my wife and a young child. our servant-maid had been seized, three days before, by the reigning malady, and, at her own request, had been conveyed to the hospital. we ourselves enjoyed good health, and were hopeful of escaping with our lives. our measures for this end had been cautiously taken and carefully adhered to. they did not consist in avoiding the receptacles of infection, for my office required me to go daily into the midst of them; nor in filling the house with the exhalations of gunpowder, vinegar, or tar. they consisted in cleanliness, reasonable exercise, and wholesome diet. who is the story’s first-person narrator