Higlac's

Follower and the strongest of the Geats--greater

And stronger than anyone anywhere in this world--

(109-111)

They have seen my strength for themselves,

Have watched me rise from the darkness of war,

Dripping with my enemies's blood

That I, alone and with the help of my men,

May purge all evil from this hall.

(165-166)

And his heart laughed, he relished the sight,

Intended to tear the life from those bodies

By morning;

(253-255)

But fate, that night, intended

Grendel to gnaw the broken bones

Of his last human supper.

(257-259)

Then he stepped to another

Still body, clutched at Beowulf with his claws,

Grasped at a strong-hearted wakeful sleeper

(268-270)

That shepherd of evil, guardian of crime,

Knew at once that nowhere on earth

Had he met a man whose hands were harder;

His mind was flooded with fear--

(273-276)

No female, no matter

How fierce, could have come with a man's strength

Fought with the power and courage men fight with,

(400-402)

She'd taken Hrothgar's closest friend,

The man he most loved of all men on earth;

She'd killed a glorious soldier, cut

A noble life short. No Get could have stopped her:

(414-417)

She vulnerably fought in another world.

Beowulf's sword sliced through her evil skin

A heavy sword hanging on the wall.

And Beowulf uttered his final boast:

"I've never known fear, as a youth I fought

In endless battles.

(606-608)

I feel no shame, with shield and sword

And armor, against this monster:

(618-619)

No one else could do

What I mean to, here, no man but me

Could hope to defeat this monster. No one

Could try.

(627-630)

The Beowulf rose, still brave, still strong

(633)

Too few of his warriors remembered

To come, when our lord faced death, alone.

(853-854)

when the brave Geats hear

How you bolted and ran none of your race

(858-859)

And death

Would be better for them all, and for you, than the kind

Of life you can lead, branded with disgrace!

(860-862)

strong and tall, so sailors

Could find it from far and wide

(872-873)

--all

The treasures they'd taken were left there, too,...

And forever hidden and useless to men.

(879-883)

Of their dead king and his greatness, his glory,

Praising him for heroic deeds, for a life

As noble as his name.

(887-889)

The narrator has been traveling with them through their pilgrimage.

The all shared stories while gathered at the Tabard Inn.

They have all decided to travel to the shrine at Canterbury together.

The three of us together now,

Hold up your hands, like me, and we'll be brothers

In this affair, and each defend the others,

And we will kill this traitor Death, I say!

(93-96)

What, old fool? Give place!

Why are you all wrapped up except your face?

Why live so long? Isn't it time to die?

(114-116)

No longer was it Death those fellows sought,

For they were all so thrilled to see the sight,

The florins were so beautiful and bright,

That down they sat beside that precious pile.

(171-174)

And so the Devil, our common enemy,

Was given power to put death in his thought,

That there was always poison to be bought,

And that with poison he would kill his friends.

To men in such a state the Devil sends

Thoughts of this kind, and has a full permission

To lure them on to sorrow and perdition;

(243-249)

Implored the king to exercise his grace

So ceaselessly, he gave the queen the case

And granted her his life, and she could choose

Whether to show him mercy or refuse.

(71-74)

Some said that women wanted wealth and treasure,

"Honor," said some, some "Jollity and pleasure,"

Some "Gorgeous clothes" and others "Fun in bed,"

"To be oft widowed and remarried," said

Others again, and some that what most mattered

Was that we should be pampered and flattered.

(101-106)

Some say things we most desire are these:

Freedom to do exactly as we please.

(111-112)

an act of war

camaraderie

peace

reception

"I beseech you, Sire...let this game be mine"

(line 118-119)

"Now if you, my worthy lord...

Would command me to step from the dais and stand with you there,"

(120-122)

"That I might without bad manners move down from my place"

(123)

"I myself am the weakest, of course, and in wit of the most feeble;

My life would be least missed"

(131-132)

tempting

gracious

bequeathing

remorseful

Sir Gawain stood in a study a long, long while

(347)

So miserable with disgrace that he wept within

(348)

And he shrank away in shame from the man's gentle words.

(350)

He caught at the knots of the girdle and loosened them

And fiercely flung the sash at the Green Knight.

(354-355_

Characteristics of an Epic Hero: bravery, humility, justice, readiness, wisdom, virtue

The Knightly Code: chivalry, courage, honor, loyalty, valor

Seven Deadly Sins: pride, greed, envy, wrath, lust, gluttony, sloth

Battle between Good vs Evil: two opposing forces, conflict, victory and defeat