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According to the video, it says that The Canterbury Tales is:  

Before Beowulf can fight Grendel, what does the monster do?

A suggestion for an essay on Beowulf is to focus on:  

The Canterbury Tales has a narrator who, at times, can be ___________; this adds another layer of complexity to the story.

Mr. LaPalme said that it “would be a hard choice” but if he was going to write a paper based on one of these works, he would probably select Beowulf.  

Whichever work you select for your research paper, you should ____________ the work.  

Heavy metal bands that were mentioned in the video that were influenced by Beowulf include:  

Comtemporary readers may be turned off by this characteristic from Beowulf.  

According to the video, it was thought that the Beowulf story was memorized by an unknown man some time before 1,000 AD; this man pr0bably went to monks who copied the manuscript out on fragile paper with a quill pen! This manuscript, obviously, took a long time.  

Taverns, medieval venues for food, drink, and society,  are a favorite place where this person goes, supposedly to spread the word of God.