The Anglo-Saxon community must be defined by revenge and blood justice. In Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney, every character in the poem bears vengeful actions. The Finnsburg episode clearly illustrates how blood justice can be complicated and confusing. Hildeburh, a Dane, mother and the widow of Frisians, is confused as to which side to be loyal to after losing brother, son, and husband in war. Later, Hildeburh is carried back to Denmark because she is unable to make a decision, but has to return to her home. The Finnsburg episode is one of the many stories within Beowulf that illustrates the complexity of revenge and blood justice. After Beowulf kills Grendel, the poem reads, “Grendel’s mother, monstrous hell-bride, brooded on her