BEOWULF

■ The author of Beowulf is a mystery, as most poets of the Anglo-Saxon period are

■ BEOWULF is believed to have been composed between 700 and 750. It was set in
DENMARK.

■ Character Hrothgar King of Danes ( build the mead hall Hero)

Kill Grendel and G’s mother

BEOWULF Kill Dragon

King of the Greats ( 50years)

■ Ba les in Beowulf

First ba le (kill Grendel)

1. Beowulf hears that the people in Heorot kingdom are living in fear.
2. He sails to Denmark with his group and fights against Grendel unarmed.
3. He tears the monster's arm off.
4. Grendel runs back into his swamp and dies.

Second ba le (kill Grendel’s mother)

1. Grendel's mother gets angry when she knows her son has died.

2. She comes to Heorot to revenge for his son.

3. She kills one of the most loyal fighters.

4. Beowulf traces her to her lair under a lake and uses a sword to cut her head off.

5. He brings her head back to Heorot and gives it to the King.

Third batlle (kill Dragon)

1. Beowulf becomes the King.

2. A thief steals a golden cup in the dragon’s treasure.

3. The dragon wakes up, it leaves the cage with a rage.

4. The dragon breaths fire to destroy the Geats.

5. Beowulf and his men come to fight the dragon. He slays the dragon but he is

mortally wounded by the venom.

6. He die. People burn their king body and bury it on the huge hill as he wishes.