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Grendel's Mother and the Doubling Structure — Homework
Read the assigned passage covering Grendel's mother's attack and Beowulf's fight in the mere before answering.
- 1.Describe one way the fight with Grendel's mother repeats the pattern of the fight with Grendel, and one way it differs.
- 2.What does the mere seem to symbolize in the poem?
- 3.Why does it matter that Beowulf's sword Hrunting fails him during this fight?
- 4.In four or more sentences, explain the significance of the descent-and-return structure in this episode: what does Beowulf go down into, and what does he bring back?
- 5.Name one modern story (movie, show, or book) that uses a similar "descend into danger and return with proof" structure, and describe the parallel in three or more sentences.
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