Beowulf

1.) The traits that raise the fight of Beowulf and Grendal to an epic struggle are, no one could kill Grendal, so a super-human “god like” person would have to kill him. A second trait is that Beowulf could not hurt the sea-hag with his sword. He had to use a sword made by giants.

2.)There are a bunch of kenning’s used in Beowulf . Here are six examples. War-blade is a kenning for a sword (1363). Another is the kenning, world-candle, for which means the sun (1333). War-gear means armor (1313). Sea-cloth means a sail for a ship (1322). Sea-dragon means a nicor (937). Sea-goer is a kenning for Beowulf or his men.

3.)This story is filled with appositives. On line 125 “ the son of Hefadlene was heavy-hearted, sorrowfully brooding in sore distress. This is a non-essential appositive. On line 252 it says “Im hrotgars harold, his servant thane. This is a non-essential appositive. On line 311 Hrotgar spoke, “I’m Hygalc’s thane, his kinsman”. This piece is non-essential to the story. Line 316 states “The best