English Literature / Unit 3 ENL 0208 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Beowulf: Grendel and Heorot
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The idea
King Hrothgar of the Danes builds Heorot, the greatest of halls, and the monster Grendel raids it by night. Beowulf, a warrior of the Geats, crosses the sea, fights Grendel with his bare hands, and tears off his arm at the shoulder. Grendel flees home to die.
In practice
A hall, a raider, a hand-grip.
Where people slip
Beowulf fights Grendel without a weapon.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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