Question 1: What are Grendel's emotional reactions to Hrothgar's new meadhall?
Question 2: How does the Shaper make Grendel feel about himself? Why?
Question 3: What does Grendel think about the Dane's religious system?
Question 4: What does the Dragon say about human's worldview?
Question 5: What does the Dragon say Grendel's purpose for man is?
Question 6: Existential nihilism is the philosophical theory that life has no intrinsic meaning or value. How is this idea reinforced in these chapters?
Question 7: The Dragon tells Grendel to find gold and sit on it. What does this mean?