Question

Toni Morrison wrote that “you only have to cooperate, be silent, agree, and obey until the blood of [this character]” to “win fascism” in an essay whose title mentions this character second. A retelling opens with this character moving into an abandoned train station after being captured in the desert. Jane Chance argued that a certain text should be viewed as a three-part structure due to an event involving this woman, (-5[1])which contrasts with an earlier essay that argues for a two-part structure based on (*) youth and age. (10[1])The Marine veteran protagonist of The Mere Wife is based on this character, (10[2])who refuses the (10[1])role of “peace-weaver” (-5[1])and is called (10[1]-5[2])a “sea-wolf.” (10[1])This character is called (10[1])“aglæcwif” (10[1])(“AH-GLACK-weef”) or, in Seamus Heaney’s (-5[1])translation, (10[3])“monstrous hell-bride,” (10[3])in an epic (10[1])in which she kills (10[2])Aeschere and proves invulnerable to the sword Hrunting. For 10 points, identify this character who seeks revenge against Beowulf for killing her son. (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: Grendel’s mother [prompt on Dana Mills with “Who is she based on?”; reject “Grendel”] (The Morrison essay is “Grendel And His Mother.”)
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Summary

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Will Alston1.g4 Test MixtureNaocissus and Geoldmond by Hermandrew Hesse70-5
Eshan PantLet's Fighting Lovebruh8710
Nick Jensen>:3Nobodaddy but you10010
Young Fenimore LeeCharlotte Mewing to get that chiseled farmer’s bride jawlineNoli Me Tangerine10010
Jaimie CarlsonLabour's Lost LoversClark A10310
Sinecio MoralesSandmännchen im Helikoptermnemonists106-5
Kevin WangTriple Round Robin LoversJeffrey and Dahmers109-5
Mike BentleyWorld's Fair Wiggle WalkRiley et al.10910
Tracy MirkinRiley et al.World's Fair Wiggle Walk109-5
Hazel Depreist-SullivanNJ TRANSit (and bobby i guess)Parden the Interruption11110
Ned TagtmeierChicago A Minus MinusBHSU11510
Jordan BrownsteinJinAh and Jordan from WikiquizThe Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh Tutuola11610
DMAboy's jitches (ft. DMA)protobowling for soup120-5
Delia CropperHeat-Oppressed BrainsEugene o'Negging12110
Robin DankoThe Present King of James is BaldHouston Junior College12110
Jason ChengFree-ish AgentsTunks et al.12110
Daoud JacksonYou, Me and the Big GA VK a Day Keeps the Doctor Away12310
Yashwanth BajjiMichiganOh the Missouri12310
Ben Dahlmalcolm in the middlemarch (Purdue 1)2 days into college and I'm 3 lectures behind12310
John MarvinChicago Bpurdoobie brothers12610
Connor MayersJJarylandchamPAIN and cornHELL in Columbia13010
Ali HamzehWilliams et al.Cleo: 5/7 movie13010
Emmett LauriemnemonistsSandmännchen im Helikopter15310
Derek FinoClark BJason Lovers15410
Jeffrey FungJeffrey and DahmersTriple Round Robin Lovers15410
Nathan ZhangNaocissus and Geoldmond by Hermandrew Hesse1.g4 Test Mixture15410
Will Schneiderprotobowling for soupboy's jitches (ft. DMA)15410