Iron Chef Challenge!

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GROUP 1

• Analyze Grendel’s conscious and unconscious desires in the novel, both the things he states he wants and the things you infer he wants.
• Question: What did you learn about Grendel’s motivations and character? What are the effects of Grendel’s place in society?
• Task: Represent his desires/thoughts through visual metaphors.

Group 2

• Analyze the Dragon’s values and world-view.
• Question: Why is the dragon the most frightening character in the book? How do his beliefs affect Grendel?
• Create a visual metaphor to represent the Dragon’s beliefs and their effect on Grendel.

Group 3

• Analyze the men’s value system.
• Question: How do humans find meaning in life in Grendel?
• Task: Represent their beliefs in a visual metaphor

Group 4

• Compare Wealtheow in the novel and in Beowulf
• Question: What do women represent or do in each book?
• Represent this significance in a metaphor

Group 5

• Compare Unferth in the novel and in Beowulf
• Question: What does this tell us about the idea of a hero in each book?
• Task: Represent each book’s idea of heroism in a metaphor

Group 6

• Analyze Grendel’s relationship to human society.
• Question: How does Grendel match the humans around him and how is he different?
• Represent this relationship in a metaphor