... to Tony Perrello, author of a "Community in Beowulf," he states, "Grendel's mother threatens the gender-specific revenge code of Anglo-Saxon society by leaving her home beneath the water to invade Heorot and avenge the death of her son. She may be a "natural" mother, but she represents the opposite of what that culture seems to have valued ... ...
... the humans who feast at Heorot, which serves as one of the themes of this epic. Grendel is descended from Cain. He is an outcast and lives in a cold lair beneath the black waters close to Hrothgar's Mead Hall. Grendel sees the men feasting and enjoying themselves in the warmth and comfort of Heorot, whilst he lives a cold, miserable life. This ... harm his heart, or grasp of angry enemy his life. But the bright helmet guarded his head, one which was to stir up the lake-bottom, seek out the troubled water-made rich with gold, surrounded with splendid bands, as the weapon-smith had made i...
