TODAY IN CLASS

• Recap of the dichotomy between good and evil, represented in part by Herot (place of goodness)  and Grendel's lair ("not hell, but hell on earth").  
• Why the oversimplified battle between good and evil is sometimes not as intriguing as having more complexity to characters and motivations (people who are not all good/all bad) Beowulf will show this mixture of traits in much of the text.
• Why Grendel is "so bad"; concept of wergild. 
• How Grendel twisted the hearts of Hrothgar and his men, making them focus on heathen ways and the Devil's guidance in trying to deal with Grendel.
• Why Beowulf wanted/needed to go to foreign lands to fight (gain glory).
• We were just ready to pick up on the Danish watchman's reaction to him

FOR TOMORROW

SO this gets us to question 6 on your hand-out (or see yesterday's post, which included the questions).

Make sure that for tomorrow you have finished reading through 10 and that you've taken notes on questions 6-11.

If you've done that--then work on your Culminating Project.  Due next Wednesday!