GRENDEL Plot:

Grendel is a fictional character

CHARACTERS:
Exposition
and a monstrous creature. He is  BEOWULF
the first of three monsters The story begins with a celebration in the Great
 HROTHGAR
defeated by the Geatish hero Hall of Heorot, built by Hrothgar, king of the
 GRENDEL
Beowulf in the sixth-century Danes. The Danes are celebrating the completion
 GRENDEL’S MOTHER
poem Beowulf. Grendel is of the hall, and they’re really boozing it up and
described as a "walker in CHARACTERIZATION:
partying quite loudly .
darkness," who is "wearing
BEOWULF
God's anger" and "lacking in joy"
because he has inherited the
Rising action -Beowulf is a Geatish hero who
curse the Biblical Cain received fights Beowulf’s
Grendel’s attack on Heorot, the monster Grendel,
defeat of
Grendel’s mother, and a fire-
as a result of his murder of his Grendel, and Grendel’s mother’s vengeful killing
breathing dragon. He is known for
brother Abel3. He is a terrifying of Aeschere.
his strength, courage, and boasts
monster who kills and eats
1. In his youth, Beowulf
humans, but he is also a lonely, personifies all of the best values
isolated creature, who craves a
Climax
of the heroic culture, including
friend or companion5. Beowulf occurs when loyalty,
Beowulf tries
courtesy, andto
pridekill

GRENDEL’S MOTHER HROTHGAR

Grendel’s mother with his sword, but it won’t
pierce her skin. He is forced to fight her with his
-Hrothgar is the **King of the
Grendel’s mother is a mysterious bare hands. The two wrestle back and forth until
Danes** and a wise and great
humanoid creature who seeks Beowulf finds a huge, ornamental sword, made by
man. He is a relatively static
revenge for the death of her son. the giants of the land
character, a force of stability
She is vengeful, deceptive, and Falling action
monstrous. She knows how to in the social realm. Hrothgar
manipulate Beowulf’s emotions. Beowulf occurs after Beowulf’s glorious
is successful victoryand
in battle
She is also pale, glowing, fat, and over Grendel’s mother.gains
It leads King Hrothgar
followers to
and treasure
guilty. She may have committed praise him as a worthy¹. hero and to advise
He constructs him the
Heorot,
or inherited some crime. She is a about becoming king.most
This magnificent
victory also hall,
helpsand
contrast to the heroic and noble Beowulf transform from a brazen
builds lovewarrior
and into a
loyalty
culture of the Danes. reliable king through his generosity and
wisdom.
RESULOTION Social condition
Beowulf’s rise from aggressive, youthful warrior to As for the social conditions depicted in the film,
battle-weary man is marked by the conflict between Beowulf explores themes such as heroism,
him and the mother who seeks vengeance. The loyalty, honor, and the struggle between good and
conflict is resolved when he swims to Grendel’s evil. It portrays the heroic deeds of the
mother’s underwater lair and removes her protagonist, Beowulf, as he battles various
head. Beowulf is here to defend his own reputation. monsters and faces the consequences of his
actions. The film also delves into the corrupting
influence of power and the consequences of one’s

SETTING: choices.

place
Beowulf is set in Scandinavia, primarily in what is
known today as Denmark and Sweden1 Mood or atmosphere
In the case of Beowulf, the tone of the poem is
described as melancholy. Although the poem
celebrates the heroic deeds of Beowulf and other
TIME great leaders, it is infused with an understanding
The film Beowulf was released in the United that even the greatest leaders, and the most
States on November 16, 2007 morally good by pagan standards, are dead and
gone. The poem begins with a funeral and builds
toward a final note of loss and despair at another
funeral
Whether condition
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