Where did the scene open?

The opening of Beowulf probably takes place in a Danish
mead hall with the scop calling the warriors to attention with the first word of the
epic, which is So or Listen.  He then proceeds to give the listeners the geneology of
Danish royalty, which began with Scyld Schefing, his son Beow, then Healfdane, who had 3
sons and a daughter. Hrothgar, one of Healfdane's sons, is the king of the Danes who
builds a famous mead hall, Heorot, which is attacked by the monster Grendel.  We also
learn that in the future, the mead hall is eventually burned to the ground because of a
feud between Hrothgar and his son-in-law, Ingeld.