... and heart ache any more, leading him to the killing state of mind,"Intended to tear the life from those bodies by morning; the monster's mind was hot with the thought of food and the feasting his belly would soon know. But fate, that night, intended Grendel to gnaw the broken bones of his last human supper. Human eyes were watching his evil steps waiting to see ... his swift hard claws." (Raffel 32). This excerpt is when Beowulf and his warriors are waiting in the mead hall for Grendel to come and attempt to kill more people and get ... away, like he has done in the past.But this time ...

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... talking to Unferth he explained that fate led him to kill the monster in the sea. The Anglo-Saxons believed that fate was pre-determined. Fate is an all mighty power and no one man can control it. The poem said that fate intended for Grendel to gnaw at the broken bones of his last human supper. Fate is often mentioned when battles or fighting is be ... spoken of. Fate would decide the outcome of the battle against Grendel, Grendel 's mother, and the dragon. In the final battle with the dragon Beowulf explains that fate will decide which of ... them will win even if the odds are stacked...

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... " (line 117) with "He " referring to Grendel and "Heorot " referring to the hall. I considered "The force of nobles " irony because when Grendel went into the hall, the danes (or nobles) were asleep. Therefore, there actually was no force at all. In fact, it shows how cowardly Grendel really is. The next line includes "slept after supper, sorrow forgotten " (line 118). "Sorrow forgotten " implies that when a person ... is asleep they are unaware of any sorrows or danger while also being very vulnerable. Although the danes are presented in the text as very protective considering how fear...

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