Examples Of Revenge In Beowulf

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In Beowulf a New Telling the author, Robert Nye expresses the theme revenge. Revenge relates to life because people are always getting revenge for the small and big things. Revenge is a prompting element for several characters throughout the novel. The first revenge example is when Grendel first attacks Hall Heorot as revenge to humanity. Mankind has killed his people, and they symbolize everything Grendel despised, including light, good, accomplishment, and joy. (Page 7-8). The second example was when She, Grendel's mother, attacks Heorot because someone there took her son's life, evilness, and pride. She and Unferth both attack the Hall because they murdered Grendel. She was motivated by revenge and mothers rage, and Unferth was motivated

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