Pls help :D PH Beowulf pg. 49 plus supplementary text
British Literature

“The Monster’s Lair” textbook page 49
1. Why were the Danes and Geats hasty in celebrating the success over Grendel?

2. What did Hrothgar know that Beowulf did not? Could things have been different if Beowulf had known?

3. What does this passage mean and what is the significance of this passage? “At night that lake / Burns like a torch. No one knows it bottom, / No wisdom reaches such depths. A deer, / Hunted through the woods by packs of hounds, / A stag with great horns, though driven through the forest / From faraway places, prefers to die / On those shores, refuses to save its life / In that warer” (1365 – 1372).
Write the meaning here:

Give the significance here:

Chapter 21 Extra text
1. What two things seem to motivate Beowulf to fight?

2. How does his motivation make us reevaluate Grendel’s mother’s attack on Herot?

3. What do you think is the purpose for including the episode with Beowulf and the sea beasts /”fantastic serpents”? List up possible reasons.

4. Beowulf’s gear gets described in great detail. What makes both his helmet and his sword special?

Discussion
Make an observation that you can use to start a discussion thread in the asynchronous online discussion this week. The observation should be something that struck you as worthy of discussion and will lead people to respond with analytical thought. For some suggested sentence frames that could help, see the reference handout “Thinking and Talking Like a Literature Expert.” Your observation can come from “The Monster’s Lair” and/or Chapter 21.
Write your observation here: