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alenna
alenna
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High School - 9th Grade

How does Grendel die in Beowulf?

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Posted by alenna on Saturday September 22, 2007 at 9:23 AM and tagged with beowulf, characters, death, grendel.

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  1. jamie-wheeler Teacher
    College - Sophomore

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    Beowulf kills Grendel in a great battle, and as proof of his conquest, hangs the monster's arm and claw over the rafters of Hrothgar's Great Hall.  Grendel had terrorized the kingdom for a dozen years and killed many, many warriors.  There is no sympathy for the monster and his defeat cements Beowulf's reputations as the greatest of the great. 

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    Posted by jamie-wheeler on Saturday September 22, 2007 at 10:20 AM


  2. khenson Teacher
    High School - 11th Grade

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    Although the answer is never presented clearly, Grendel appears to die as a result of blood loss.  Beowulf fatally injures Grendel in the meadhall and the beast skulks home to its mother to die.

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    Posted by khenson on Saturday September 22, 2007 at 10:21 AM

  3. alenna
    alenna Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    • Grendel dies as a resuly of loss of blood.
    • Beowulfs first "Blood trophy" was grendels arm.
    • Grendel attacked Herot fo 12 years.
    • To Defeat Grendel, Herot used his bare hands.

     

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    Posted by alenna on Saturday September 22, 2007 at 10:38 AM

  4. rabinos
    rabinos

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    At night, Beowulf and his men lie in wait for Grendel in Hrothgar's Mead Hall. When Grendel invades the hall, he kills and eats two of Beowulf's men, which gives him a false sense of security. As he reaches for his third vicitm, Beowulf, he is shocked to discover that his claw is being bent backward causing him immense pain. Their battle concludes with Beowulf's ripping Grendel's arm off, fulfilling his promise to Hrothgar to kill the monster with his bare hands. Beowulf nails Grendel's severed arm to the mead hall rafters and, although Grendel runs away, he is later found to have bled to death in his underwater lair.

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    Posted by rabinos on Wednesday August 20, 2008 at 8:18 PM

  5. luze
    luze Student
    High School - 12th Grade

    Beowulf takes off his arm

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    Posted by luze on Wednesday October 21, 2009 at 2:47 PM