... the fens, his mother dwelled in a land of almost surrealistic horror, estranged from anything recognizable as even remotely natural, a cold murky lake in a desolate landscape which is populated by strange beasts and "where the water burns" (ln.1366). For Grendel's Mother, even the natural laws of Human reproduction and love hold no sway, for Grendel is fatherless and has been created ... Mother serve as a deeper, almost constant underlying metaphor for the evils, the dark side of the very society which they plague. This, therefore, means that below the surface the two beasts actually ha...

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... world as Christ has done, Beowulf has performed extraordinary deeds, and "bloodied by enemies where I crushed down five, / killed a tribe of giants, and on the waves at night / slew water-beasts" Even though Beowulf possesses spiritual strength, he isn't particularly concerned with the Christian virtues. He wants to help people, in a Christian way, but his motivation for doing so is complicated ... ...

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