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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, which contrasts with an earlier essay that argues for a two-part structure based on (*) youth and age. The Marine veteran protagonist of The Mere Wife is based on this character, who refuses the role of “peace-weaver” and is called (10[1]-5[1])a “sea-wolf.” This character is called “aglæcwif” (“AH-GLACK-weef”) or, in Seamus Heaney’s translation, (10[2])“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. ■END■

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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Mike BentleyWorld's Fair Wiggle WalkRiley et al.10910
Tracy MirkinRiley et al.World's Fair Wiggle Walk109-5
Robin DankoThe Present King of James is BaldHouston Junior College12110
Jason ChengFree-ish AgentsTunks et al.12110
Ali HamzehWilliams et al.Cleo: 5/7 movie13010

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