Beowulf

Beowulf:
Unferth:-person who mocks Beowoulf about the swimming contest
-can never be honorable again, because he killed his own family (cannot pay the wergild on himself)
Hygelac, Beowulf'suncle, was killed, fighting against the Franks, in Juteland.(Between lines 221-2515)
Hygd, the wife of Hygelac, tried to bestow the kingdom to Beowulf, since she believed that her son was not strongenough to hold off any attack against their hostile neighbours, the Frisians and the Swedes. Beowulf refused to accept kingship, and let her son, Heardred, to rule the Geats, while the hero supported hisyoung cousin.
Hygelac's thane: Beowulf
They wish each other luck in the fight that will follow, and Beowulf has a premonition of his own death. On the cliff outside the barrow, Beowulf speaks to hismen, recounting his youth as a ward in King Hrethel’s court. He tells of the accidental killing of one of Hrethel’s sons by another and attempts to characterize the king’s great grief. He describesthe wars between the Geats and the Swedes after Hrethel’s death, recalling his proud days as a warrior in the service of Hygelac. He then makes his final boast: he vows to fight the dragon, if only itwill abandon its barrow and face him on open ground.
One day, a slave had found the treasure hoard of the dragon, which dwelled in a cave, near the sea. The slave stole a gold cup, while the dragonslept. When the dragon woke and found the cup was missing, the dragon knew that according to the track, the thief was human.
In a towering rage, the great evil dragon flew through the sky, attackingthe Geats and the Geatish towns, destroying crops and properties. With vengeance in her heart, the dragon set peoples and homes on fire.
Beowulf was no longer young warrior like when he killed themonster Grendel and his mother. Yet Beowulf wished to hunt and kill the dragon, like he had always done in the past, alone. Though Beowulf took eleven of his bravest thanes with him; he only expects...