Beowulf

BEOWULF

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Story

You, the protagonist Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, come to the aid of Hrothgar, king of the Danes, whose great hall, Heorot, is plagued by the monster Grendel. Gather your valour, chivalry, honor, and glory, to assemble the ultimate weapon and defeat the monsters.

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Thank God you’ve come from Geatland! We need your help! I am Hrothgar, the king of the Danes. My mead hall, Heorot, was plagued by the monster Grendel. Would you please defeat the fearsome monster that is terrorizing our people?

Help us, only a person like you can do it!

Of course!

No thank you, I’ll pass.

Ouch! I thought you were cool ... What will become of us!

Hehehe, I was kidding. Ahem, of course I’ll help you.

If you defeat Grendel, I will reward you and your retainers a lot. After all, I am the "breaker of rings".

I knew you would not fail me! Thanks a bunch! By the way, according to the monastic scribe, there are "3182" lines in Beowulf text. Remember the number, which will be useful for the following password.

Enter the password. (How many lines are there in Beowulf text?)

Enter the password

Where do you think you’re going, mortal?! You won’t be worthy of any glory until you answer all my questions correctly.

Where are you from?

Poland

Switzerland

Geatland

Scotland

A _______ is a figure of speech in the type of circumlocution, a compound that employs figurative language in place of a more concrete single-word noun.

litotes

kenning

Which one is NOT a "kenning"?

swan-road

whale-way

country road

life-house

Which term is used especially in the context of Germanic warrior culture for a warband tied to a leader by an oath of fealty and describes the relations between a lord and his retainers, or thanes?

absolution

comitatus

Before I came, all of you were holding a ______?

feast

funeral

You are granted the glory of winning. I will be driven under the fen-banks, fatally hurt, to my desolate lair. My days are numbered. The end of my life is coming over me. Here is your reward, you have earned it.

Hahahaha, what do you say? ...

Oh, I've lost my mind, give me another chance!

stage 2-Grendel's Mother

Grendel's mother

"I will avenge my son's death!!!"

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And another item lent by Unferth At that moment was of no small importance: The brehon handed him a hilted weapon, A rare and ancient sword named "Hrunting".

You got ready, and donned your war-gear, indifferent to death; Your mighty, hand-forged, fine-webbed mail would soon meet with the menace under water.

I am Unferth, a thegn of the Danish lord Hrothgar.Let me lend you a weapon to fight Grendel's mother.

Drag the light circle to find the correct answer and click. First, search for a word related to the name of your sword.

Excalibur

Hrunting

Gungnir

Gramr

Search for your father's name in the water.

Heathcliff

Ecgtheow

Hrothgar

I'm shedding battle-sweat.

Which one is Heorot?

Then you saw a blade that boded well, A sword in her armory, an ancient heirloom From the days of the giants, an ideal weapon, One that any warrior would envy, But so huge and heavy in itself Only you, Beowulf, could wield it in battle. So, you, the Shieldings’ hero, hard-pressed and enraged, Took a firm hold of the hilt and swung The blade in an arc, a resolute blow That bit into her neck bone And severed it entirely, toppling the doomed House of her flesh; she fell to the floor.

Your Hrunting is useless. You find another weapon here instead.Which one?

A light appeared and the place brightened/ The way the sky does when heaven’s candle Is shinning clearly

You got your valour and honour.

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The Danish countryside is now purged of its treacherous monsters. The Danes are again overjoyed, and Beowulf’s fame spreads across the kingdom. Beowulf departs after a sorrowful goodbye to Hrothgar, who has treated him like a son. He returns to Geatland, where he and his men are reunited with their king and queen, Hygelac and Hygd, to whom Beowulf recounts his adventures in Denmark. Beowulf then hands over most of his treasure to Hygelac, who, in turn, rewards him. In time, Hygelac is killed in a war against the Shyflings, and, after Hygelac’s son dies, Beowulf ascends to the throne of the Geats. He rules wisely for fifty years, bringing prosperity to Geatland. When Beowulf is an old man, however, a thief disturbs a barrow, or mound, where a great dragon lies guarding a horde of treasure. Enraged, the dragon emerges from the barrow and begins unleashing fiery destruction upon the Geats. Sensing his own death approaching, Beowulf goes to fight the dragon, with the aid of Wiglaf.

How many years did Beowulf rule the Geatland? (Enter the number.)

Enter the password

Who willhelp you

fight

the dragon

Use your cursor to search among the tiles for the question.

Wiglaf

Hrothgar

Unferth

the dragon

Why is

angry

Use your cursor to search among the tiles for the question.

Someone killed its cub.

Someone pissed in its lair.

Someone stole its cup.

FINAL stage - DRAGON

Defeat the dragon!

How dare you bother me, you fool!

You defeat the dragon and get your chivalry. However, you are also dying. As your tribal saying goes, "Fate goes ever as fate must." You tell Wiglaf, "You are the last of us, the only one left of the Waegmundings. Fate swept us away, sent my whole brave highborn clan to their final doom. Now I must follow them." This is your last word.

The End

You defeated the dragon, and the kingdom was at peace again. And you’ve become a legend!Your people said that of all the kings upon earth, you were the man most gracious and fair-minded, kindest to your people and keenest to win fame. The epic, Beowulf, written in alliterative verse will last forever.

What will become of us!

SURE YOU WANT TO GO OUT?

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