Today, we talked about mead halls, Herot, the magical number 3 (there are three fights that Beowulf faces in this epic), and Biblical allusions.

If you were here, we read pages 39-44. Vocabulary words that we read about include: reparations, solace, and fate.

We talked about Grendel is EVIL – his lineage, his family has been cursed by God because of Cain’s actions.

The Wrath of Grendel notes

(you can also find these in the PDF copy with my notes and highlighted quotes)

• Beowulf is GREAT, so he’s a GEAT – GG
• The Danish king’s people are DYING, and that’s how I remember Hrothgars’s name – DD
• Herot is an epic building – beautiful, strong, majestic – but useless because of Grendel’s attacks.
• For twelve years, Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, was powerless against he monster. He wept – the people dying aren’t just his soldiers, they are his family and friends – people he drinks with at the mead hall at night