1. Tracing the steps that lead up to the blood feud

2.  Monday: No school Tuesday: To the Anglo-Saxons reputation was everything. Pick a character in your book and make a claim about his/her reputation. What do people think about him/her? Provide evidence as support. Wednesday: Identify a conflict your character faces. Predict the resolution and provide evidence to support your prediction. Example: In The Goldfinch by Donna Torti the main character, Theo, has stolen a valuable piece of art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and is struggling with his own conscience. I think this conflict will be resolved when his mentor discovers the painting and convinces Theo to turn himself in. Thursday: Joseph Campbell claims that the dragon represents our ego, or obstacles that stand in our way of realizing our potential. It might be fears, insecurities, greed, addiction, etc. What dragon is your character facing? Explain with evidence from the novel. Friday: What are your dragons? What keeps you from reaching your potential, from being the person you want to be? Write for 10 minutes (1/2 – 1 page).

3.  Creative Writing Club meets today in Room 119 at 2:20.  Open House this Thursday 6:30  Homework: ◦ Finish Beowulf and answer questions in margins by Friday(bring Part I too!) ◦ Vocabulary List 3 CTRW for tomorrow. ◦ “The Monster Talks Back” due Thursday

4.  True existentialists are self actualized  Rejection sometimes leads to disillusion with society and existentialism  We all just live to die  You create your own meaning in life – others cannot create it for you  You decide whether you want a life with consequence or without consequence  You determine your own morality  There are no real answers – or 1 real truth  Peace is only found within yourself – god lives inside

5. Similarities to Humans  Shares intelligence  Shares language  Shares a search for meaning Differences from Humans  Sees futile waste in the carnage of war  Sees hypocrisy in the drunken boasting of man  Sees irony in the idealistic songs of the Shaper

6. What causes Grendel to become a maneater?  Is it an unhappy childhood?  Is it rejection?  Is it a sickness?  Is it the charm turned curse because now that weapons are useless, nothing can stop his marauding?

7. How does Grendel move from a fascinated spectator of men’s activities to a cold-blooded killer of men?  Work with your table to find the references and answer the questions in your chapter.  Does any one incident stand out as the main reason for Grendel’s feud?  Be ready to report your findings to the class. Support with evidence from the novel.

8.  Read the explanation Frankenstein’s monster gives to his creator for his murder of Frankenstein’s brother.  Write a similar speech that Grendel might give to Hrothgar or Beowulf explaining his murder of Hrothgar’s thanes.  Use language from the book to write it as Grendel would say it.