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| Beowulf's uncle; King of the Geats |
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| The epic Beowulf is important because |
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| it is the first great work of a national literature |
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| Beowulf can best be described as |
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| The epic compares Grendel to the murderous Biblical figure of |
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| The literary form of Beowulf is |
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| The monks who transcribed Beowulf inserted |
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| at the bottom of a foul mountain lake |
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| How many years does Grendel terrorize the Danes? |
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| How does Beowulf defeat Grendel? |
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| Why does Grendel's mother come to Herot? |
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| to get her son's arm & get revenge |
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| How is Beowulf memorialized? |
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| With what is Grendel's mother killed? |
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| A giant sword Beowulf finds in her battle hall |
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| What does Beowulf fight in his final battle? |
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| He defeats the dragon but is mortally wounded |
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