What images came to your mind as you read this part of the epic? Which image was most vivid?
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In what specific ways does Herot contrast with the place where Grendel lives?
In lines 3-13 the poet describes the bard's songs in Hrothgar's hall. How does
the content of the songs contrast with Grendel and his world?
What significance can you see in the fact that Grendel attacks at night? What
images describing Grendel might associate him with death or darkness?
Why do you think Grendel hates Herot? What symbolic meaning might underlie
the confrontation between Grendel and Hrothgar?
Why do you think it's important to Beowulf and to his image as an epic hero that
he meet Grendel without a weapon? What symbolism do you see in the
uselessness of human weapons against Grendel?
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Why do you think that Beowulf allows Grendel to slaughter one of the Geats
before taking action himself?
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What specific verbs are used to create a tone of fierceness in Beowulf's
confrontation with Grendel?
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How do the actions of Beowulf's men uphold the Anglo-Saxon code of honor?
Why do you think Beowulf hangs Grendel's arm from the rafters of Herot?

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d.) then bernice winced as marjorie tossed her own hair over her shoulders and began to twist it slowly into two long blond braids until in her cream-colored negligée she looked like a delicate painting of some saxon princess. fascinated, bernice watched the braids grow. heavy and luxurious they were, moving under the supple fingers like restive snakes—and to bernice remained this relic and the curling iron and a to-morrow full of eyes.

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one thousand and one nights, also called the arabian nights is a collection of middle eastern tales compiled in arabic during the islamic golden age, dated from the 8th to the 14th century. this collection was compiled of largely middle eastern and indian stories with an uncertain date and autorship whose tales such as aladdin, ali baba and sinbad the sailor -these ones were the most popular ones, the ones that have almost become part of western folklore.

as in much medieval european literature, the stories contained in this collection are set within a frame story. its scene is central asia, as known as "the islands or peninsulae of india and china", where king shahryar kills his wife after discovering her infidelities and as well as any other who betrayed him.   then, loathing all womankind, he marries and kills his new wife each day until no more candidates could have been found. his vizier had two daughters, scheherezade and dunyazad. the elder one -scheherezade- having devised a scheme to save herself and the others insisted that her father needed to give her in marriage to the king. each evening, she used to tell a story leaving it incomplete and promising to finish it the following night. the stories kept the king very interested, so eager to hear evey ending of each story, that he puts off her execution from day to day and finally he decided to give up with his plan. these stories are contained within the collection of 1001 nights, the bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is usually used for songs and riddles to express better the heightened emotion of them.