Shawn Hardaway - Journal week 15 lyrics

11-18-13 Overjoyed, Hrothgar showers Beowulf with gifts and treasure at a feast in his honor. Songs are sung in praise of Beowulf, and the celebration lasts late into the night. But another threat is approaching. Grendel's mother, a swamp-hag who lives in a desolate lake, comes to Heorot seeking revenge for her son's d**h. 11-19-13 She murders Aeschere, one of Hrothgar's most trusted advisers, before slinking away. To avenge Aeschere's d**h, the company travels to the murky swamp, where Beowulf dives into the water and fights Grendel's mother in her underwater lair. He k**s her with a sword forged for a giant, then, finding Grendel's corpse, decapitates it and brings the head as a prize to Hrothgar. The Danish countryside is now purged of its treacherous monsters. 11-20-13 The Danes are again overjoyed, and Beowulf's fame spreads across the kingdom. Beowulf departs after a sorrowful goodbye to Hrothgar, who has treated him like a son. He returns to Geatland, where he and his men are reunited with their king and queen, Hygelac and Hygd, to whom Beowulf recounts his adventures in Denmark. Beowulf then hands over most of his treasure to Hygelac, who, in turn, rewards him. 11-21-13 In time, Hygelac is k**ed in a war against the Shylfings, and, after Hygelac's son dies, Beowulf ascends to the throne of the Geats. He rules wisely for fifty years, bringing prosperity to Geatland. When Beowulf is an old man, however, a thief disturbs a barrow, or mound, where a great dragon lies guarding a horde of treasure. Enraged, the dragon emerges from the barrow and begins unleashing fiery destruction upon the Geats. 11-22-13 Sensing his own d**h approaching, Beowulf goes to fight the dragon. With the aid of Wiglaf, he succeeds in k**ing the beast, but at a heavy cost. The dragon bites Beowulf in the neck, and its fiery venom k**s him moments after their encounter. The Geats fear that their enemies will attack them now that Beowulf is dead. According to Beowulf's wishes, they burn their departed king's body on a huge funeral pyre and then bury him with a ma**ive treasure in a barrow overlooking the sea.