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31 Cards in this Set
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When was Grendel written
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1971, post-modern
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What was Grendel's nickname?
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Ruiner of Meed halls. Wrecker of Kings
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When he was caught in the tree how did the bull fight?
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He kept charging with his head down mechanically
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when he was caught in the tree what did they give as a final decision about what grendel was?
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An angry tree spirit
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Did grendel start his battle because hrothgar threw the axe at him?
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No. he didn't like how hrothgar ran his kingdom by killing for land.
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What is the worst pain?
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Boredom-tedium/ causes him to find his purpuse
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What is grendel's law
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no limit to desire but desire's needs
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What is red horse to hrothulf?
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an old mentor
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How does grendel view the world he lives in and other living cretures?
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Mechanical/ Ignorant- daylight sucks
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Grendel wakes up to find what surrounding him?
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Darkness
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Grendel uses the phrase "form is function" in the novel. What does this mean?
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Grendels form is his purpose or identify and his function is killing horathgar.
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What was hrothgar's biggest problem?
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The New King
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Why does grendel feel cured?
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The queen/ how they treated her was distastefull
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The shaper gives an explanation, trying to help with the death of halga and the arrival of hrothulf. what is this theorem?
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Any action of the human heart must trigger an equal and opposite reaction.
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What are Red Horse's reasons for destroying institutions and morals
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Act of creation. A religious act
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What does a government do according to red horse
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They protect the people in power. Arrest troublemakers. and give rewards to those that fit the system.
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Hrothgar knows hrothulf is a threat, but why doesn't he do anything about it?
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Its his nephew and he cant abandon him with out any proof
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What are Grendel's reasons for his consistent behavior?
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He's Mechanical. horathgor hasn't shown kindness grendel thinks he made horothgar who he is.
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What is grendel's idea of religion?
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it's showmanship
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When the shaper dies, how does this affect grendel?
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Part of his purpose dies too.
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When Beowulf arrives, how does grendel react?
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Nervous; excitement
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What are the three reasons grendel gives for defeating the stranger?
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old times sake; ort's honor; honor of throthgars thanes
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What is grendel's comment about beowulf's personality
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He's insane
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Who is included in grendel's list of mechanical things?
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Time; Mountain goat; himslef
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During their battle, Grendel assumes what?
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He thinks he has wings and isn't human
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Why was beowulf talking to grendel and slamming him against the wall ?
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He was malking grendel and teaching him a lesson
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What is so strange about grendel's feelings as he realizes he's going to die?
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He is joyfull
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Why doesgrendel really let unferth live?
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He wants to humiliate him cause heros are ridiculous
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Explain the reactions of the priests and hrothgar's thanes to beowulf's arrival
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to priests are mad beowulf is just like them and it takes away there religion and the thanes are mad cause it takes away pride
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When does theology thrive in a society?
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When there is crisis.
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Describe grendel's phases through the book.
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