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Monday, October 29, 2012

Journal 11: Tracing Grendel's Philosophical Journey

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Journal 10: Why do you think Gardner made the decision to use Grendel as a narrator? How does his status as a monster affect the way he tells the story?

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Journal 8: How is Grendel a parody of Beowulf?

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Journal 6: Anglo-Saxon Themes in Literature

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Journal 5: Grendel, the character

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Thursday, October 18, 2012

Journal 3: What is Grendel's attitude towards language? How does it change throughout the novel?

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Journal 1: Does Beowulf remind you of any heroes in real life, in fiction, or in the movies today? What characteristics do the heroes share?

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Which Anglo-Saxon morals do you value most?

MyAnglo-Saxon Riddle

I am the foundation of transportation, the oldest type of travel fashion;

Tap on the concrete-carpet and comfort the stability keepers.

A defense against the cold, the blocker of the dirt and dense green;

Within me lay a thousand miles of time-tales and distance too.

While I steadily move, I always stay in the same place and on the same thing.

It is often pondered whether or not someone can fill me, for I am a separate set for each bodied-soul

A Real Anglo-Saxon Riddle

I am worthy to men, widely foundbrought from groves and from mountainslopes,from valleys and from hills. By day wings carriedme in the air, travelled with skillunder the roof's cover. A man then bathedme in a tub. Now I am a binderand scourge, soon throwa man to earth, sometimes an old churl.Soon he will find, he who struggles against me,and with violence contends with mine,that he on his back shall seek the earth,if he previously desists not from folly,deprived of strength, powerful in speech,deprived of might; he has not his mind's powerin feet nor hands. Ask what I am called,who on earth binds such men,the foolish, from blows by day's light.



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      • Journal 11: Tracing Grendel's Philosophical Journey
      • Journal 10: Why do you think Gardner made the deci...
      • Journal 8: How is Grendel a parody of Beowulf?
      • Journal 6: Anglo-Saxon Themes in Literature
      • Journal 5: Grendel, the character
      • Journal 3: What is Grendel's attitude towards lang...
      • Journal 1: Does Beowulf remind you of any heroes i...

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