good quiz answers have at least a few specific details first talk about stuff: hrothgar makes ref to great flood which killed giants, noah's arc reference symbols: heorot -> solomon's temple, hrothgar -> solomon hrothgar gives foreshadowing of what happens to those who turn from god symbols, squabbles among tribes, jewish tribes of the bible beowulf like joseph beowulf going home, hrothgar cries for fondness of beowulf since like son, make peace between nations beowulf sold into geat family at young age beowulf becomes king someone steals from a dragon, pisses it off beowulf has to stop dragon fate denied beowulf glory most of his men ran like cowards, wiglath stays to help his sword snaps on the dragon's skull wiglath wounds dragon, beowulf finishes it, beowulf dying of poison bite of dragon, wants to see the dragon's treasure as last wish, gives wiglath his stuff was god's will for beowulf to die fear of invaders now that beowulf is gone beowulf came home and was king for 50 years, he is an old man slave runs away and steals from dragon, comes back to tell everyone what happened so they can slay the dragon dragon's horde was from a fallen king who died heirless page 84 lines 2520-29