Grendel and his mother are similar beings. The thing is that they have some glaring differences. 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. When Grendel took handfuls of warriors, his mother only took a few. Grendel killed for revenge of his banishment under the earth while his mother was killing to revenge his son. Both lived at the bottom of a lake with many other earth dwelling monsters. Beowulf killed Grendel at the hall while he killed Grendel's mother at their home. Grendel's mother is not as ruthless and Grendel was but she still is disgusting and ferocious. Grendel used to live with his mother at the bottom of the huge lake but he moved to cave closer to his killing zone, therefore leaving his mother alone, only to return without an arm and to defeat. Grendel was a ferocious humanoid figure while his mother is described as a She-Wolf. She is more meticulous than that of Grendel, taking the more quality prizes instead of the more quantity. In the text, Grendel's Mother only takes one trophy from the Great Hall but that trophy is the king's , essentially right hand man. All in all, Grendel just wants to kill to revenge his family, while his mother thinks about who she kills more that what, and why.
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Melissa
10/22/2020 07:11:57 am
is this from the book or the movie?
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Regina George
12/6/2020 01:19:16 pm
This is from the Peom
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12/1/2020 08:15:41 am
I love this comparison between Grendel and his mother. I also loved and sought for the differences that were given to us readers. It helped me connect the dots and understand who the true monster really was in this 4 part story.
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