LITERATURE QUESTIONS
EARLY BRITISH LITERATURE
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Grendel
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Grendel’s mother
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the dragon
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The second monster is Grendel’s mother. She was a “monstrous hell-bride, brooded on her wrongs” (142). Here in this part, the epic also mentioned Cain to echo with the description of Grendel above. Both Grendel and his mother came from hell – they are evils.
Detailed explanation-2: -After Grendel is killed, Grendel’s mother attacks Heorot in revenge. Beowulf then ventures into her cave under a lake, and engages in fierce combat with Grendel’s mother. She nearly kills him until he sees an ancient sword, with which he kills her, and beheads the dead Grendel.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Over the course of the story, Beowulf ends up in three major battles: the battle with Grendel, with Grendel’s mother, and with the dragon. All of these battles were different in their style and the way Beowulf approached them was different. Beowulf also had different reasons to participate in each of the battles.