"She was doomed to dwell in the dreary waters, / cold sea-courses, since Cain cut down"
"To his bower was Beowulf brought in haste, / dauntless victor. . . ."
"I will reward thee, for waging this fight, / with ancient treasure, as erst I did, / with winding gold, if thou winnest back"
"'Hrunting' they named the hilted sword, / of old-time heirlooms easily first"
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"It came in his mind / to bid his henchmen a hall uprear"
"How ceaselessly Grendel / harassed Hrothgar . . ."
"'Who are ye, then, ye arméd men, / mailéd folk . . .'"
"'To Hrothgar I / in greatness of soul would succor bring'"
"The livelong time / after that grim fight, Grendel's mother, / monster of women, mourned her woe"
"Too soon came back / old ills of the earls, when in she burst, / the mother of Grendel. . . ."
"Hero famed / should be every earl as Aeschere was! / But here in Heorot a hand hath slain him"
"Then girt him Beowulf / in martial mail, nor mourned for his life"
The events in Beowulf are not presented in strict chronological order. The poem begins with Beowulf coming to the aid of King Hrothgar to fight the monster Grendel, followed by battles with Grendel's mother and a dragon later in Beowulf's life.
Beowulf agrees to avenge Aeschere's death. Beowulf is given a special sword named Hrunting. Beowulf is dragged to an underground lair. Beowulf finds a giant sword.
Beowulf dives into the water
Grendel's mother drags Beowulf to her unground lair
Beowulf spies a giant sword
Beowulf sees Grendel's body
1 "Seamen hardy on hall-beds sank"
2 "The portal opened, / though with forged bolts fast, when his fists had struck it"
3 "And Grendel thence / death-sick his den in the dark moor sought"
4 "Then Beowulf's glory / eager they echoed . . ."
That person told you the story in chronological order.
Of course, please provide the events in the story so that I can help you arrange them in chronological order.
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Plot order. A staple of postmodernism is emphasizing the difference between narrative (plot) order and chronological order. In postmodernism, events in a story do not need to occur in chronological order.
The story is told in reverse order of time.
Most stories are organized in chronological order.
Chronological order
When something is in "chronological order", it means it is in order of time. For example, a story might be told in chronological order - explaining the events in the order they happened. "Non-chronological", of course, means that some things are told in a different order.
The chronological order of the Ned Blessing series is: Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life (1992) Ned Blessing: The Story of My Life and Times (1995)
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