Beowulf Comprehension Questions

After reading the complexity of Beowulf a few students and myself decided to work together in answering the comprehension questions (see below for how it was split up.) We communicated through texted on who would answer what questions. My group provided tons of information I overlooked and I am very grateful of having the opportunity to work with them. Overall the portion of questions I answered took me about an hour, because I had to keep checking back in the text to find answers and I get distracted very easily.

Prologue: Rise of the Danish Nation - #4 of Celebration of Herot
Ian Steller

#5 of Celebration of Herot - Beowulf fights Grendel's Mother
Edmond Yi

Further Celebration at Herot  (lines 1651-1798, pp. 68-71)

1. Beowulf gives to Hrothgar the head of Grendel on a stick, to guarantee himself safety.
2.After Hrothgar tells Beowulf of the his struggle with Grendel and Grendel's mother in his past. He then tells Beowulf about Heremod, a past ruler, he tells him about the miserable life Heremod lived because of his hauteur to provide an example of what could happen to Beowulf if he let's his ego take over him. Heremod was banished from the world he lived in and ran away to Jules, where his betrayal pushed him into such a depression that he died of sadness  Hrothgar teaches the lesson hubris to Beowulf with his story as a warning to Beowulf. 
3.After Beowulf returns Hrunting to Unferth. Hrunting was the sword Beowulf used against Grendel's mother, unfortunately the sword provided unuseful to Beowulf and he was forced to discard it.

Beowulf Returns Home (lines 1799-2199, pp. 71-79)

1. Hrothgar predicts that because Beowulf is the greatest hero of all men that at some point he will return back to Danes and fight for them once again.

2. When Beowulf returns he is received by Hygd, the kind and generous queen. Modthryth is the complete opposite of Hygd, she poses as a juxtaposition to increase the kindness of Hygd to the readers. Unlike Hygd Modthryth hurts her people, and refuses to care for them.

3. Hrothgar wants to marry his daughter Freawaru to Ingeld so Freawaru can pose as a peace weaver and unite the Danes and Heathobards. Unfortuantely Beowulf believes that his will only further the conflict between the two people. This shows us the deeper psychological sense of Beowulf we haven't seen before. We see that he actually cares for the Danes.

4. Beowulf doesn't create an huge lies in his account of his adventures. Yet he does emphasize the ferocity of Grendel to impress the listeners.

5. After the story Beowulf gives Hygelac all of his treasures. In return Hygelac gives Beowulf many gifts, including 7000 hides of land and a throne. Hygelac also gives Beowulf the greatest treasure of the Geats, a golden sword.

The Dragon Wakes

Eli Esparza

Beowulf Attacks the Dragon - Beowulf's Funeral

Javier Solis

I'm upset because for some reason this didn't post to my blog last night:(