The role of grendels mother is a much debated topic in scholarly circles. Recall now oh famous kinsman of healfdene prince very prudent now to part i am ready gold friend of earlmen what erst we agreed on.
Grendels mother like her son is a mysterious humanoid creature.
Grendels mom beowulf. Summary of beowulf attacks grendels mother the epic story of beowulf is about a young hero who fights in battles against the monster grendel and his mother and later concerns beowulfs final fight with a dragon. Beowulf follows her to her lair and beheads her with a sword that he finds there. She has varied between a hideous old hag to a seductive femme fatale similar to a siren but has always remained consistent in her motives to avenge the death of her son grendel at the hands of the viking hero beowulf.
The sword melts to its hilt after beowulf uses it to decapitate the corpse of grendel which lies nearby. The poem beowulf is contained in the nowell codexas noted in lines 106114 and lines 12601267 of beowulf monsters which include grendels mother and grendel are descendants of cainafter grendel is killed grendels mother attacks heorot in revenge. He returns to heorot with a greater trophy the head of the ogre as well as the hilt of the magic sword.
Litcharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in beowulf which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. Beowulf spake ecgtheows son. Litcharts llc 22 jul 2013.
In the poem beowulf grendels mother is described as a female monster and sea hag. For this reason some readers have seen grendels mother as an embodiment of ancient northern european societys tendency toward unending blood feuds. Although she isnt nearly as strong as her man eating son grendels mother fights like an amazon warrior and beowulf has a tough time defeating her.
Beowulf grendels mother lines 12511407 litcharts. She generally lacks humanity but she does seek revenge for her sons death which can be viewed as a distinctly human quality. Grendels mother whips out a huge knife and stabs at beowulfs shoulder but the chain mail turns the blade and saves his life.
He swings it toward grendels mother in a wide arc cutting deeply into her neck and killing her. Some critics feel that grendels mother receives inadequate consideration in the poem. Beowulf stumbles and falls.
The lair becomes brighter after grendels mother dies and beowulf is able to inspect his surroundings. Grendels mother also sometimes called hag in the old viking beowulf saga is the main antagonist in the viking saga beowulf as well as its many retellings over the years. Beowulf grendels mother lines 12511407.
Beowulf is the prince of the geats. Beowulf then ventures into her cave under a lake and engages in fierce combat with grendels mother. She enters the poem as an avenger l1258 seeking redress for the death of her son at beowulfs hands.
Beowulf spots a huge heavy ancient sword from the days of the giants.
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