Chapter 7
It is not the first year of the raid on the Danes for it is the second year. As I was observing the mead hall I noticed Hrothgar. He had appeared to gather some of his troops toward him. As I observed this I had noticed the shaper's song off somewhere in the distance. I had notice that the songs of the shaper seem to have changed. The songs were now more elegant, and calming. I noticed that Unferth was being ridiculed by some of the other troops. It might have been for killing one of his brothers, but I might be mistaken. It came to my attention that they were in the middle of a heated argument. "The young king waited on. He had something in reserve some ingenious product of his counselor's wits that would over whelm their scheme"(99).
I had quickly come to the realization that neither of them cared for each others welfare. Both of them were too concerned with each others individual wealth, than forgiveness. Their paths to heaven might be a little more complicated than some of the others around here. A few days later I had returned to my cave. Wealtheow seemed to have brought my ideas and and thoughts off of the concept of nihilism. The dragon had explained to me its importance."The smell of the dragon lay around me like sulphuorus smoke"(102). No matter where I am the dragon always seems to be with me in my mind. A couple days later I had attacked Wealtheow in the mead hall. I then stopped and asked myself, If I kill her is it worth it? Or is it just pointless? I decided to set her free and return back to my cave.
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First off, where is the image? You had such great ones on the other posts and it makes me sad not to see it here. But, the analysis in this one is fantastic here! I felt like I really understood what Grendel went through mentally in this chapter. I still would like some more discussion on Wealtheow, since she is so prevalent in this chapter. Other than that, I agree with everything on this blog. Job well done!
ReplyDeleteIn this one, as well as the last, there is not enough commentary. The commentary that you have is good but there is barely and of it. Something I really liked was how you talked about the actions in the book and how they related to nihilism. Overall this was a good that I enjoyed more than the first.
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