King Hrothgar And Grendel In Beowulf

Beowulf is a story about a Geatish warrior named Beowulf. In the story King Hrothgar builds a hall called Heorot where they party, feast, and get drunk. The hall of sleeping, drunken men is attacked by a monster named Grendel. For years the hall is attacked and many people die at the hands of Grendel. Eventually, the issue comes to the attention of Beowulf and he sails to Denmark with some of his men. Beowulf takes the task upon himself to defeat Grendel and Hrothgar is in favor of the idea.

They all come up with a plan to lure Grendel to them. Beowulf and his men have a feast in the hall. Grendel, hearing the commotion waits nearby until the noise subsides thinking that all the men are asleep. He makes his move and begins by ripping a man

in half. He then walks up to Beowulf, and he thinks he asleep like the rest of the me and reaches down for him. But then Beowulf grabs Grendel’s arm and rips it off at the shoulder. Grendel runs away and the people hang Grendel’s arm up as a trophy, and Beowulf is praised.

After this Grendel's mother came to Heorot, attacks the hall, and kills one of Beowulf men to avenge her son. She takes her son’s arm and runs back home. Beowulf and others go to the swamp in which the Grendel’s mother lives and Beowulf dives down to fight her. He kills her with a giant’s sword, find’s Grendel’s corpse, decapitates it, and takes it back to Hrothgar.