Coat of Arms and Charges

Today, again we discussed about the coat of arms. For the charge, whether it be an animal or an object, does it always represent something and have a certain meaning?

Samantha Schaeffer

Coat of Arms Discussion

Today in class, we discussed about the coat of arms. I don't know if we ever discussed this today, but do we know how the idea of the coat of arms started or where it started. Was the coat of arms invented by someone?

Samantha Schaeffer

Beowulf Test

What did you guys think about the test? I didn't finish it all, but overall I didn't think it was that hard.
Evan

Beowulf Prologue Review!!

On the Prologue Review Sheet, there is a question about the 3 characteristics of epic poem form. Can anyone help us out?!

Samantha Schaeffer and Danielle Radey

Beowulf's death

Does Beowulf tell Wiglaf he is the new king, or does Wiglaf just say he is because he helped Beowulf and is the strongest?
Evan

Beowulf's retelling of the fight against Grendel.

Was the fight vs. Grendel a practice match for when Beowulf fights the Dragon?

Lydia.

proofreading/editing

Today in class we talked about proofreading and editing. Out of the 5 topics, there was the multi-paragraph and the essay section. I'm kind of confused between the two. Is the multi-paragraph suppose to focus more on transitions, than the essay as a whole?

Samantha Schaeffer

Beowulf vs. Grendel's mother

What do you think about Beowulf beheading Grendel? Is Beowulf's action dishonorable?

Friesland Poem

In the second poem (lines 1069-1158), a true was made between Finn and Hengest. Can someone explain what the second part of the agreement was (line 1087)?

--Laura C

The Queen's Speech

After the recitation of the poem of Finn, the queen gives a speech to Hrothgar(line 1168). In it she tells Hrothgar to give the throne to Hrothulf. Is she saying this because Hrothgar was thinking of leaving the throne to Beowulf?

-Tom L

Grendel

In class we talked about Grendel being a symbol for something. So is Grendel a real monster or just a human that is an outcast and treated as a 'monster'?