ENGL1080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Leviathan, Hrunting, Wield
8 Jun 2016
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Beowulf: write 3-5 lines of alliterative poetry about hamlet or anything. While walking by white waters we waited. Stood we so solemnly soldiers: mead halls. Home of merriment and happiness: expected knowledge. Many stories surrounding heorot are known by the audience: grendel. Hates the sound of the song of creation. Rst attack: grendel stalks upon and is surprised by the strength of beowulf, could not runaway, beowulf"s men tried to attack grendel but weapons could not penetrate. Was beowulf rewarded for being so boastful? (795: grendel ees without his arm and bleeds to death, beowulf. Boasting is an important part of anglo-saxon challenge. Does not use weapons when ghting grendel: fate. Overlap of fate and pride between beowulf and hamlet. Fate only spares the uncondemned man (573) Challenges beowulfs ability by bringing up his swimming challenge with breca. Was accused of killing his kin (587)
