(1) What themes are associated with Grendel’s mother? How do the themes pulled from the various digressions reflect and/or contradict the themes associated with Grendel’s mother? (Compare & Contrast). (2) What do these themes suggest about the heroic society’s values (heroic ethos)? (What I am implying here is the significance of the blurring/comparison between monster and man—between Grendel’s mother and human society. Why would the poet do this?)
Digressions that you can review:
⁃ Finnsburg digression
⁃ Heremod
⁃ Etc.
(Hint: Look at the lines that describe the fight between Beowulf and Grendel’s mother. You can also use setting.)

beginner

government is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.

explanation:

family is anyone that you care for and they equally care for you, family sticks together and everyone loves one another, whether they are blood or not anyone can be family. family composition is the makeup of a family, including the number of members, their ages, and their relationships to each other.

- "there are several movements that doris lessing was associated with. first of all, communism. she pursued her communist beliefs and included them in her writing, and was also a member of several communist book clubs. she is also strongly associated with feminism, her fight for equality and women's rights.

doris lessing is the kind of writer who has followers, not just readers. they have been engaged to her chiefly because of her involvement in major problems, such as politics and woman-ism."