summar waddell 1st peeriod 2016 Grendel

Ch 2

Grendel gets aught in a tree and is attacked by a bull protecting its calf

Then Horthgar and his men show up and wonder hat G

Ch3 .

1 Grendel observes that they are disparate bands who war and fight needlessly with their neighbors

2 Then Hrotgar comes up with the idea of wrking together with the closest neighbor

3 he observes that the hman are flawd, violnet, angry, vicious, lying, deceitful, selfish, braggarts, etc,

4 The human build roads and begin to organize a society

5 Now when from father out, a massager is sent to Hrothgar and he sends fighters to defend them.

6 The Shaper shows up at Hrothgar's mead hall and auditions to be harper/ singer/storyteller for the hall. He is so good, the previous harper sneaks out the back to look for work els where

7 The Shaper tells the history of the Dance in a way that makes them sound noble and righteous and he sings it so well everyone, even Grendel believes it.

ch 4

1 Th Shapeer continues to sning of the greatness of the Dane and Hrothgar continues to increase the splendor of his realm and mead hall

2 hrothgar builds a gerat hall called hart and his fame spreads far and wide. Folks come to bask in the glory of his hall and to hear the Shaper.

3 Grendel finds a dead and robbed of his clothes Demonstrating an extreme contrast between the civilized life that is on display at Hart and the ugly side of humain that hides in the shadows

4 Grendel is overcome by the meanness of life and brings the dead body to the door of Hrothgar's hall crying for peace and money

5 The danes are frightened by Grendel and try to kill him. Grendel realizes that they might kill himif they get the chances.

6 Grendel understands the stories are made ip but he stil wants tem to be true and he wants to be a part of the story even if it means he is to be the villin.

ch 6

1 Grendel is surprised by a guard and discovers that the dragon has charmed his flesh. The humans weapons can't harm him

2 Gerendel kills the guard in a fit laughterand Nihilism ( as if to prove the dragon right)

3 Hero appears and challanges Grendel-- unferth

4 Through a slip of acciden grendel decide to mock him and throw apples at unferth and refuses to fight or kill him.

5 unferth follows Gendel back to his cave and nearly dies in the attempt

ch 1

Grendel sees ram in heat and understands that it is operating only on instinct.. This happens every spring.

Then we learn that he lives with his mom in a cave under a lake

Then w learn that he has been raiding Hrothgar's mead hall for 11 going on 2 years . he busts in the doors and they try to fight him but he just kills them and takes the bodies to eat.

The humans perform a ritual (funeral) with songs, a pyre and prayer.

CH 5