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The Battle Of Grendel's Mother Analysis

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Easy as Cake One chance to get this right, we had to re-enact “The Battle of Grendel’s Mother” which sounds easy but we wanted to make it epic. First we had to find the date that everyone could make it and we had to find a pool we could use. Once we figured out both of those factors, it was a piece of cake. We all agreed on roles and how we were going to participate: who was bringing the props, the script, the camera it was all already sorted out. Getting to the pool we knew we had one chance to get this right or we’d have to wait for Beowulf’s clothes to dry off because he jumped into the lake dry not wet. Put the camera in place, stepped aside, and let Spencer do his thing. Not much talking went on in our part of the re-enactment

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