Read this paragraph. Carmen was accepted into the prestigious Columbia Law School in the spring of 1991. She moved to New York City the following fall and devoted herself to her studies. For three years, she spent her days in class, her evenings working in the law library, and every spare minute reading about the law. Carmen graduated with honors in the spring of 1994 and accepted a job at the district attorney’s office in her hometown of Springfield, Illinois. Why is this writing considered a biography and not a personal narrative? It tells an imagined story with fantastical details. It contains researched facts about a person’s life. It includes the author’s personal reflections. It explains an important historical event.

As you have learned, epic heroes experience trials along their journeys. using your knowledge from beowulf, create a trial you believe an epic hero like beowulf might face. you will need to write a description of the trial using the aspects of a narrative. the trial can be anything you imagine, meaning you can test the hero in any way you see fit. be creative and have fun with this! let your creativity flow. focus on key attributes of beowulf and use his attributes to create a trial that would truly test him. since beowulf is very strong, a trial involving strength and endurance might be to easy. try thinking outside the box to create a trial that would truly test the hero of the geats. examples of beowulf’s attributes: couragous, loyal, strong, persistant, honorable, confident try to use one or multiples of these attribute when designing your trial. a good way to think of this activity is that you are a hunger games game designer. what could you make that would stump beowulf