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Grendel pages 33-35. How did Grendel come to exist? (lines 17-29) What is meant by “The beginning might not be the end?” (line 49) What does the phrase “hell-forged hands” suggest about Grendel? (line 64) What is this phrase an example of?
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Grendel pages 33-35 • How did Grendel come to exist? (lines 17-29) • What is meant by “The beginning might not be the end?” (line 49) • What does the phrase “hell-forged hands” suggest about Grendel? (line 64) What is this phrase an example of? • What does Grendel’s inability to know God’s love suggest about him? (lines 84-85) • Describe the person capable of defeating Grendel. • Imagine what life must have been like in Herot at this time. If you were one of Hrothgar’s men, would you stay to fight or would you flee? Explain. • Based on the Grendel reading, can you speculate how/why this story was a successful tool in converting pagan Britons to Christianity? Explain.