-all the warriors had tried to stay awake to be ready for when Grendel arrived, but sleep overcame all of them but Beowulf
-Beowulf kept dozing off, but never fully reached sleep
-Grendel silently approached the hall to feast on the new warriors he had seen arrive earlier that day
-he used the magic he had learned from his mother to cast a spell on those who slept
-Beowulf was unaffected by the sleep spell because he was not fully asleep
-Grendel entered the hall and began silently ripped the sleeping men limb from limb
-Beowulf turned over in his bed and made eye contact with Grendel
The Battle with Grendel:
-Beowulf was the first creature that Grendel had encountered that he couldn't easily dismember
-Grendel longed to crush his bones like the others, but Beowulf was too strong and fast
-the fight went on for what seemed like an eternity
-finally Beowulf caught hold of Grendel's arm and pinned it behind his back
-he was able to rip his arm off at the shoulder and Grendel went off screaming into the night
(Beowulf)
Beowulf Battles Grendel's Mother:
-Beowulf went alone to Grendel's mother to kill her for she would never rest on exacting her vengeance on the people who attacked her son
-she was even more grotesque than he imagined
-she immediately started attacking him and she was so much more fierce than Grendel
-Beowulf caught a glance of a crumpled body in the corner
-he knew immediately Grendel had just made it back to the cave before he died
-he found a magic sword in the wall and was able to slice Grendel's mother in half
-all her spells had no power against that sword
-then he cut off Grendel's head to take back to the hall
Bibliography:
The Story of Beowulf by Strafford Riggs
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