Grendel is said to have  “he had dwelt for a time / in misery among the banished monsters, __________ clan.”  Which Old Testament character fills in the blank? 

  Identify the context, and significance of the following passage from Beowulf (4-6 good sentences):                                  No help or backing was to be had then                                 from his highborn comrades; that hand-picked troop                                 broke ranks and ran for their lives                                 to the safety of the wood.  But within one heart                                 sorrow welled up: in a man of worth                                 the claims of kinship cannot be denied.

Hrothgar’s retainer and friend, he is killed by Grendel’s mother; his head is found detached from its body.

Identify the context, and significance of the following passage from Beowulf (4-6 good sentences):                                The bright court of Heorot has been cleansed                                 And now the word is that you want to adopt                                 This warrior as a son.  So, while you may,                                 Bask in your fortune, then bequeath                                 Kingdom and nation to your kith and kin,                                 Before your decease.  I am certain of Hrothulf.                                 He is noble and will use the young ones well.           1180                                 He will not let you down.  Should you die before him,                                 He will treat our children truly and fairly.

In a digression, we are told about this warrior-king who like Beowulf killed a hoard-guarding dragon. 

It’s a form of personification where the inanimate object actually speaks, such as in The Dream of the Rood. 

Her story, told in a digression, is tragic because she loses her brother and son in the same battle, and then shortly after her husband, Finn.

He carries and ax and a bob of holly in each hand when he enters King Arthur’s court.

His face “flushed red” with shame because no man would accept the Green Knight’s challenge.   

Identify the context, and significance of the following passage from Beowulf (4-6 good sentences):                                The bright court of Heorot has been cleansed                                 And now the word is that you want to adopt                                 This warrior as a son.  So, while you may,                                 Bask in your fortune, then bequeath                                 Kingdom and nation to your kith and kin,                                 Before your decease.  I am certain of Hrothulf.                                 He is noble and will use the young ones well.           1180                                 He will not let you down.  Should you die before him,                                 He will treat our children truly and fairly.