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BEOWULF

BEOWULF. The Battle With Grendel. Grendel kills a sleeping Geat Attacks Beowulf Beowulf grabs on to Grendel’s talons Grendel tries to run from Beowulf Beowulf refuses to let go of Grendel. Beowulf and Grendel battle inside Herot Beowulf’s men try to stab Grendel

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BEOWULF

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  1. BEOWULF The Battle With Grendel Geschke/British Literature The Battle with Grendel

  2. Grendel kills a sleeping Geat Attacks Beowulf Beowulf grabs on to Grendel’s talons Grendel tries to run from Beowulf Beowulf refuses to let go of Grendel Beowulf and Grendel battle inside Herot Beowulf’s men try to stab Grendel Beowulf rips off Grendel’s arm Grendel escapes to his den only to die Grendel’s arm hung from the rafters of Herot Plot Summary Geschke/British Literature The Battle with Grendel

  3. Imagery and Diction • “God’s hatred” (393) • Grendel is the symbol of evil • Grendel is the antithesis of God Geschke/British Literature The Battle with Grendel

  4. Imagery and Diction • “forever joyless” (402) • Antithesis of God • Element of eternity Geschke/British Literature The Battle with Grendel

  5. Imagery and Diction • “But fate, that night, intended Grendel to gnaw the broken bones Of his last human supper” (416-418) • Foreshadowing Geschke/British Literature The Battle with Grendel

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