Beowulf...!!!?

Question

The Danes buried the treasure that Beowulf and Wiglaf recovered from the dragon because:
a - the Danes did not know the value of the treasure.
b - the Danes knew the treasure was cursed.
c - they respected Beowulf and wanted to show the treasure was not worth his death.
d - they were keeping it in a safe place.

10 Points for best answer. Thank you!!!

Answer 1

C - they respected Beowulf and wanted to show the treasure was not worth his death.

Answer 2

Beowulf is the longest and greatest surviving Anglo-Saxon poem. The setting of the epic is the sixth century in what is now known as Denmark and southwestern Sweden.

I have found 9 Beowulf summaries for you to look at, via the links below.

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=11831&lastnode_id=0

http://www.freebooknotes.com/book.php3?id=44

http://education.yahoo.com/homework_help/cliffsnotes/beowulf/5.html

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/beowulf/summary.html

http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/

http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Beowulf.html#Top

http://faculty.uca.edu/~jona/second/beonotes.htm

http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/medheroes.htm

Grendel's Lair : Beowulf

http://www.grendel.org/grendel/beowulf.html

Take inspiration from this essay and beware of plagiarism.

http://www.freeessays.cc/db/1/auj107.shtml

Online Versions of the Epic

http://homepage.mac.com/mseffie/assignments/beowulf/beowulf.html

http://csis.pace.edu/grendel/projs4a/be1.htm

Good luck.

Kevin, Liverpool, England.

Answer 3

C- They respected Beowulf.

Have you read Grendel? Fascinating tale told from the monster's point of view. Good read!

Answer 4

dude that book was dope. we read it frosh year. appriciate that book while u can, it was the best one i read in high school. i dont remember this too clearly at all, but just for the sake of guessing ill go with c

Answer 5

the answer is c

Answer 6

D - now go and do your homework!