Grendel | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Grendel's Cave - The dark, frightening home where the monsters live. The monster does not like his home and often wanders from away from the darkness to look upon the hall of men.

Hrothgar's Meadhall - A dining hall where the soldiers drink and eat together. Important meetings are held there, boasts, stories and songs are relayed there, and the soldiers sleep there, too. Grendel attacks them at night, though the place is guarded. He hates that they never give up hope; they always rebuild the meadhall, no matter how many times he...
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