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, who refuses the role of “peace-weaver” (-5[1])and is called a “sea-wolf.” (10[1])This character is called “aglæcwif” (10[1])(“AH-GLACK-weef”) or, in Seamus Heaney’s (-5[1])translation, “monstrous hell-bride,” in an epic in which she kills (10[1])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[2])

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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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Will Alston1.g4 Test MixtureNaocissus and Geoldmond by Hermandrew Hesse70-5
Eshan PantLet's Fighting Lovebruh8710
Sinecio MoralesSandmännchen im Helikoptermnemonists106-5
Hazel Depreist-SullivanNJ TRANSit (and bobby i guess)Parden the Interruption11110
Jordan BrownsteinJinAh and Jordan from WikiquizThe Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh Tutuola11610
DMAboy's jitches (ft. DMA)protobowling for soup120-5
Connor MayersJJarylandchamPAIN and cornHELL in Columbia13010
Emmett LauriemnemonistsSandmännchen im Helikopter15310
Nathan ZhangNaocissus and Geoldmond by Hermandrew Hesse1.g4 Test Mixture15410
Will Schneiderprotobowling for soupboy's jitches (ft. DMA)15410

Summary

2024 ESPN @ Chicago03/23/2024Y6100%0%0%114.50
2024 ESPN @ Columbia03/23/2024Y7100%0%43%129.29
2024 ESPN @ Brown04/06/2024Y3100%0%33%137.00
2024 ESPN @ Cambridge04/06/2024Y2100%0%0%122.00
2024 ESPN @ Online06/01/2024Y4100%0%25%120.25