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Gunny - English Reviewer (Beowulf)

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  • An unnamed swamp-hag. possess fewer human qualities than Grendel.
    GRENDEL'S MOTHER
  • a situation which many people are upset, angry, or disturbed by something
    UPROAR
  • to eat up greedily or ravenously
    DEVOUR
  • A young kinsman and retainer of Beowulf who helps him in the fight against the dragon while all of the other warriors run away.
    WIGLAF
  • The king of the Danes. He is a father figure to Beowulf and a model for the kind of king that Beowulf becomes
    KING HROTHGAR
  • He preys on Hrothgar’s warriors in the king’s mead-hall, Heorot.
    GRENDEL
  • It's about the life’s struggle of the people that time who had to deal with many trials and obstacles.
    BEOWULF
  • an epic is a long narrative poem, which is usually related to heroic deeds of a person of an unusual courage and unparalleled bravery.
    EPIC
  • The Geatish king who took Beowulf in as a ward after the death of Ecgtheow, Beowulf’s father.
    KING HRETHEL
  • Beowulf’s uncle, king of the Geats, and husband of Hygd.
    HYGELAC
  • to attack and take control by force or violence.
    SEIZE
  • A place of safety and comfort.
    HARBOR
  • Best known and best preserved Old English verse
    BEOWULF
  • Hygelac’s wife, the young, beautiful, and intelligent queen of the Geats.
    HYGD
  • Geatish hero who fights the monster Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and a fire-breathing dragon
    BEOWULF
  • Scyldings, the tribe of Scyld Scefing. Striplings Adolescents, Young warriors.
    SPEAR-DANES