Beowulf - list of the important events in the order they occur

Chapter 1-2 - Scyld Scefing was sent by "Odin" on a

ship to the land of the Danes. He was a huge person,
and ruled the land wisely. When he grew old, he had
his men construct a ship for him in which a bed with a
sheaf of corn was planted. Scyld was put into the bed
which was going to be burned!, and the ship sailed
off. One of Scyld"s descendants, Hrothgar, later
became #ing. Hrothgar was also a physically strong
man. Hrothgar had a dream of a hall that was huge
and magnificent. $t would be shiny and gold. $t would
be bigger than any other hall. %t the hearing of this,
his men set off to ma&e the hall. %t last, the hall was finished, and indeed
was ama'ing. $t was called Heorot. % hideous and terrible monster named
(rendel attac&ed the hall the first night. He left the hall in a bloody, awful
condition.
Chapter 3-4 - Hrothgar, Wealhtheow, and )nferth came to the
conclusion that only one being could have done this terrible
deed - (rendel. Hrothgar decided that something needed to be
done, so he too& action. He gathered * brave lords to wait in
the hall with him the ne+t night. ,hey were armed with very
sharp swords. (rendel came. He attac&ed all * lords, but
Hrothgar remained alive because of Wealhtheow. Wealhtheow
saw her only chance before Hrothgar was eaten, and thrust
herself upon him. ,his love seemed to be too much for
(rendel, so Hrothgar and Wealhtheow were not dead. -oets told stories in
many different places about the terrible monster, (rendel. One of these
places was the .and of the (eats. /eowulf, who lived there, reali'ed that
something more than strength was needed to &ill (rendel. He decided he
wanted to attempt to defeat (rendel. He arrived in the .and of the Danes
with men. He left his sword mounted on a hill, for he thought that the
sword would not be useful. Since (rendel was not going to use a sword,
he felt he didn"t need to either.
Chapter 5-7 - /eowulf showed Hrothgar and
Wealhtheow that he was witty and was strong - a
true hero. He showed them this by telling off
)nferth and e+plaining how he did not care that
the apple he was eating was witch wor&. 0ight
came, and /eowulf was ready for (rendel. He
was not going to use his sword- but instead, his hands. (rendel arrived,
and all /eowulf had to do was hold on to him with his ten fingers. He
spo&e to (rendel of the light in himself and of the evil that (rendel had.
,his was way too much for (rendel1 He couldn"t defeat this amount of
warmth and goodness. /eowulf pulled (rendel"s arm out of its soc&et1
(rendel died later that night. (rendel"s arm was hung li&e a trophy in the
(reat Hall. 2veryone was re3oicing e+cept for )nferth. /eowulf received
many great gifts. ,here was a big ban4uet and poets told many stories of
heroes- none of which were as great as the feat /eowulf 3ust
accomplished. ,he story of Sigemund and 5itela was told- which /eowulf
had particular interest in.
Chapter 8-9 - (rendel"s mother came to Hall Heorot. She too, left the hall
in bad condition and &illed %eschere. She also too& )nferth. /eowulf set
out to the fen to find her. He arrived at a mur&y pool of blood. % tree near
this pool had a head hanging from it, which belonged to )nferth. /eowulf
dove into this unwelcoming pool in search of (rendel"s mother.
Chapter 10-11 - /eowulf traveled
down into the mur&y pool, being able
to breathe because of the blood
bubbles. %t once, he saw Her,
(rendel"s mother. Her tentacles wrapped around him as she pulled him
into her den. (rendel"s mother felt pure power over /eowulf until he
spo&e. $t was as if he was mesmeri'ing her with thoughts of goodness,
love, and light. She shuddered. He tightened his grip on her and stared
into her eyes. He strangled her, and she did not put up a fight. 5inally, She
was dead. /eowulf found a sword in her den. %s /eowulf held it, (rendel"s
corpse appeared. He sei'ed it at (rendel, slicing off its head. /eowulf
emerged from the bloody pool. He received a lot of appreciation. $t was
uproar of happiness. He brought (rendel"s corpses6 head with him.
Chapter 12-14 - ,he ne+t day, /eowulf sailed
bac& to the .and of the (eats with many gifts
and treasures, and gold1 #ing Hygelac was
very proud of /eowulf. With /eowulf"s
generosity, he gave the #ing all of his gifts
e+cept for the ring he got from Wealhtheow. /ecause of the
thoughtfulness of /eowulf, #ing Hygelac gave /eowulf a lot of land. 5or a
few years, ,he .and of the (eats was a tran4uil area. ,he peace was
interrupted by an invasion by the 5riesans. Hygelac was &illed, and the
#ing"s son, Hardered, became the ne+t &ing. Onela attac&ed ,he .and of
the (eats also. ,his time, Hardered was &illed, so /eowulf became the
ne+t &ing. /eowulf felt bad for the &illing of 2admund, so he saught
revenge by 3oining with 2adgil in battle with Onela. ,hey won the battle by
&illing Onela. ,here was peace in the .and of the (eats, but a slave was
unhappy. He set off to a cave where there was gold and 3ewels. ,hese
treasures were guarded by a li'ard. $n panic, the slave grabbed a precious
cup and rushed out of the cave. ,he li'ard was 5iredra&e. He became
swollen and upset, but could not catch the thief in time.
Chapter 15-16 - 5iredra&e got revenge by
destroying the .and of the (eats. /eowulf
was old, but still very wise. He went to
5iredra&e"s cave with Wiglaf, some other
men, and a bee hive with many bees.
/eowulf and Wiglaf used wit to &ill
5iredra&e, li&e Sigemund and 5itela. He
released the bees into the 5iredra&e"s mouth where they stung the beast
to death. ,hen the heroic /eowulf died. When someone as&ed Wiglaf
about /eowulf, all he would say was "/eowulf was /eowulf" and nothing
more.