Homework Answers
Warm Up
• Describe anything
that has occurred
in part V of
Beowulf….
…King Beowulf? Dragon?
Treasure? White Tower?
2-4 sentences
• Take out the
following:
-Homework worksheet (due
Friday)
-Textbook
-Packet
-Notebook
Grendel Attacks the Danes
• 1. External Conflict: The
conflict between
Grendel and the Danes.
It is motivated by
Grendel’s evil and his
hatred of the Danes’
joy. The conflict is
ongoing.
• 2. The conflict reflects
Grendel’s evil nature
and how terrified the
Danes are now because
of his attacks. It shows
how dark and fatalistic
Anglo Saxon culture
was.
The Coming of Boewulf
• 3. External Conflict: The
conflict is between the
Danish shore guard and
the newly arrived
Geats, led by Beowulf.
It is motivated by fear
of invaders and is
resolved when Beowulf
assures the guard of
their good intentions.
• 4. The temporary
conflict reflects Anglo
Saxon fears of outsiders
and invaders and hints
at how the culture
resolved conflicts.
The Battle with Grendel
• 5. External Conflict: The
conflict is between
Grendel and Beowulf
and is motvated by
Grendel’s attack and
Beowulf’s desire to
vanquish Grendel to
gain fame. It is resolved
when Beowulf tears
Grendel’s arm off.
• 6. The conflict reflects
the author’s belief in
monsters as symbols of
evil. It also shows
Grendel’s feelings and
Beowulf’s strength.
Battle with Grendel’s Mother
• 7. External Conflict: The • 8. The conflict reflects
conflict is between
the Anglo Saxon
Grendel’s mother and
fascination with
Beowulf and is
monsters and the
motivated both by the
importance of divine
beasts need for revenge
intervention in the life
and Beowulf’s warrior
of a warrior.
spirit. It is resolved
when Beowulf kills her,
presumably with God’s
help.
Battle with the Dragon
• 9. Internal Conflict:
The conflict takes place
within Beowulf’s mind
and is motivated by his
belief in God, along
with his self-doubt; he
feels that he is
somehow responsible
for the bad fate that has
befallen the Geats.
• 10. The conflict reflects
Beowulf’s deep sense of
responsibility and
reflects the Anglo-Saxon
conversion to
Christianity.