Beowulf Annotations

● Grendel lives in the swamp lands, probably a dark and secluded place.
● Grendel investigates Heorot, and finds the singing and dancing to be highly annoying
● Grendel is a descendant of cain, who in the bible is known for killing his brother Abel.
● Hrothgar is well liked, he built Heorot for the people to drink and have a good time in
● Grendel investigates the Heorot
● People were drunk and passed out
● Grendel slaughters all of the people in Heorot
● In the morning, everyone was sad about the victims of Grendel
● Hrothgar knows that this is not the end of Grendel and more lives are at risk
● They continue to party in Heorot
● Grendel returned and killed even more people
● Though people survived, they ran away and never came back
● Grendel continued his reign of terror for twelve years
● Herot was abandoned for those twelve years.
● Grendel’s only interest was murder.
● Beowulf is a warrior and descendant of the Geatish king Hygelac.
● Beowulf lives in Geatland
● Beowulf decides to travel to the land of the Danes and help Hrothgar.
● Hrothgar remembers Beowulf from when he was a young boy and his friendship with
Beowulf’s father.
● Hrothgar and Beowulf meet
● Hrothgar invites beowulf to Heorot but warns him about people before him that died
fighting Grendel.
● Beowulf is confident
● Grendel bursts into Heorot
● Grendel slaughters Beowulf's men
● Grendel goes after Beowulf
● Beowulf fights back with an incredible amount of strength
● Grendel begins to feel fear
● Grendel lets out a howl as Beowulf wrestles him
● Grendel tries to retreat but Beowulf has other plans
● Beowulf rips Grendel’s arm off
● Grendel, fatally hurt, runs back to the swamplands
● Beowulf is a hero among the Danish
● Hrothgar is very grateful for what Beowulf has done
● Beowulf regrets not being able to kill Grendel
● The great parties at Herot continue
● Grendel’s mom seeks revenge
● Grendel’s mom attacks heorot
● Beowulf goes after Grendel’s mom
● Beowulf goes to the swamp
● Beowulf struggles
● Beowulf gets a sword from a wall
● The sword is built to kill giants
● Beowulf slays Grendel’s mom
● Beowulf is a hero once again
● Beowulf and his men return to the hall of King Hygelac and to Queen Hygd
● The Geats are preparing for a hero’s return
● Beowulf talks highly of Hrothgar and the Danes
● Beowulf speaks on all of the adversity he takes on
● Hrothgar’s daughter predicts the future
● Beowulf then tells the story of his encounter with Grendel
● He speaks on Grendel's power
● He also talks about the battle with Grendel's mother
● Hygelac is killed in battle with the Shylfings, and the kingdom falls to Beowulf. For fifty
years he rules the Geats, becoming a great and wise king
● A new threat is abound for the Geats
● A monster sits on a throne of treasure
● This great beast that they speak of is a dragon
● An ancient race of men had buried an abundance of treasure
● One of the Geats had stole a goblet from the Dragon's treasure
● The dragon woke up from his sleep to find some of his treasure missing
● The dragon goes on a rage
● He burns down many things in search of the person who stole his treasure
● Beowulf’s kingdom is soon a target
● Beowulf senses this coming
● Instead of forming an army he wants to take the dragon on himself
● Beowulf remembers his days fighting grendel
● Beowulf assembles 11 of his best men
● Beowulf finds the thief and punishes him
● Beowulf foresees his own death
● Beowulf battles the dragon
● Beowulf fights hard and battles the dragon
● The dragon bites his neck
● Beowulf's men scatter
● One stays to help his king
● Wiglaf rushes to the rescue
● Wiglaf stabs the Dragon in the belly
● Beowulf delivers a final blow to the neck of the Dragon
● The Dragon dies
● Beowulf's bite is poisoned and he is soon to die
● Beowulf’s final request was to make sure his kingdom receives the treasurer
● Beowulf dies
Rationale

The beowulf unit was one the was full of lessons. First off, the biggest lesson that I

learned was that staying on top of annotations was crucial for my success. If I did not stay on top

of my annotations, then my grade would pay the price. Beowulf was a good book, a little tough

to understand at times but overall a good read. The storyline required a lot of extra work to fully

analyze it and break it down to the max. Beowulf and grendel taught me that even though I do

not understand something the first time, I need to keep analyzing and find the answer. Overall, I

was very happy with what this unit was able to teach me on resiliance.