Question

second battle: grendel’s mother
the next night, after celebrating the beast’s death, the king and his men sleep in the hall. ______________
appears, however, and attacks the hall. she kills hrothgar’s most trusted warrior,
_______________________, in revenge for ___________________________
hrothgar, beowulf, and their men track grendels mother to her lair under _________________ beowulf
prepares himself for battle; he is presented with a sword, ______________________, by a warrior called
unferth. beowulf swims for _______________ hours before he reaches the bottom. there, he is swiftly
detected and attacked by the creature. unable to harm beowulf through his armor, she flees deeper into the lake.
there, in a __________ containing __________________ body, grendel’s mother and beowulf
_________________________. grendel’s mother was ____________________ because
beowulf found that the sword given to him cannot harm his foe. again, beowulf is saved from the effects of his
opponent’s attack by his armor and, grasping a mighty sword from grendel’s mother’s armory (which, the poem
tells us, no other man could have hefted in battle), beowulf ___________________ her. traveling further

Explanation:

These blanks are filled based on the canonical text of the epic poem Beowulf, detailing the second battle against Grendel's mother.

Answer:

1. Grendel's mother
2. the death of her son Grendel
3. a deep, murky lake
4. Hrunting
5. two
6. battle hall
7. Grendel's
8. engage in a ferocious battle
9. a formidable opponent
10. slays