Problem
Answer the questions that follow in the lesson based on what you have read.
A. What is the setting of "Beowulf?";
B. How many years passed between the events of the actual story of "Beowulf" and the time it was probably first written?
C. In which language was the story first written?
D. What causes Grendel to attack the Danes?
E. Describe Grendel's first attack.
F. How long did Grendel plague the Danes before Beowulf came?
G. What evidence do we have of a mixture of pagan and Christian beliefs in the story? Provide an example or two.
H. How does Beowulf find out about Grendel? Knowing what was important to the Anglo-Saxon people, why do you think Beowulf wanted to fight for Grendel?