Hrothgar tells both Beowulf and Wiglaf, who had been sleeping outside the hall during the attack, that it was the work of Grendel's mother. Who is Grendel's father? Line Hrothgar was given his success by God. Hrothgar is guilty of sin of pride. Jackelin Mondelo Explainer. How old is Grendel's mother? Ha Cortazar Explainer. What does Grendel say to his mother? Geertruida Tropinsky Pundit.
Who is Beowulf's mother? The House of Hrethel. Lonnie Goosmann Pundit. What does Grendel's mom symbolize? What does Grendel's mother symbolize? Like all the monsters in the poem, she represents sin and a rejection of Anglo-Saxon society.
In her case, she is a single mother who is trying to operate within the masculine sphere. Granville Francesco Pundit. Who is stronger Grendel or his mother? Grendel was a strong practically invulnerable being that attacked with ferocity and strikes with fear.
His mother , on the other hand, was much weaker than himself. Camille Shahkalamyan Pundit. Although earlier the poet has described Grendel as the descendant of Cain, here he's described as "fatherless," from a mysterious, ghostly, demonic source. Grendel and his mother live on the moors, where streams disappear into the mist. As far as men can tell, it's bottomless, and at night the water burns. Deer who come to its banks would rather stay where they are and be torn apart by pursuing hounds than jump into it.
Hrothgar thinks this lake must be the place where Grendel's mother lives. He puts his faith in Beowulf, asking him to seek the monster if he dares, and offering more treasures as a reward if he succeeds in killing it and coming back alive. Beowulf comforts Hrothgar with tough love, telling him that everyone dies and that it's better to avenge the deaths of our loved ones than to sit around mourning them. All warriors can do, he reminds Hrothgar, is try to win fame before they're eventually killed.
Beowulf swears to track down Grendel's mother and kill her. Hrothgar praises God for Beowulf's promise. Hrothgar, Beowulf, and their followers ride out, tracking Grendel's mother across the moors.
She's pretty easy to follow, since she's dragging Aeschere's corpse behind her. Hrothgar, Beowulf, and their retinue follow Grendel's mother up the cliffs, into places where they have to walk single-file along narrow ledges. Suddenly, they come to a place where some trees grow out at an angle—the path ends. They're at a dead end on a ledge above the watery lair of the demon. Everyone is disturbed to realize that Aeschere's severed head is lying at the foot of the cliff.
The whole group sits down to watch the water of the lake, which is filled with sea-monsters and reptiles thrashing around. Someone blows a war-horn and the monsters go crazy. One of the Geats shoots one of the sea-monsters with an arrow, crippling it. Other warriors rush up and stab it with spears, dragging it onto the bank and looking at it in amazement. The sword melts to its hilt after Beowulf uses it to decapitate the corpse of Grendel, which lies nearby.
He returns to Heorot with a greater trophy, the head of the ogre, as well as the hilt of the magic sword. Some critics feel that Grendel's mother receives inadequate consideration in the poem. Her motive is as human as it is monstrous as she seeks revenge for her defeated son and reclaims his arm, which from her point of view must seem a barbaric trophy.
She has lived in the mere for a hundred years and was never the problem that her son was. Nevertheless, this is Beowulf's poem; the mother is just another monster in a heroic epic. Other writers will have to enhance her tale. Previous Grendel. Next Hrothgar.
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