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Who Is Beowulf A Grieving Mother

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Grendel’s mother is a being of strength and brutality. Feeling grief over the loss of her son “greedy for revenge” she ravages the great hall. Beowulf tracks her to layer and slaughters her. Thus ending her reign of terror and anarchy. Distressed mother lashing out in the only suitable way she knows; violence. Her demise is almost tragic, after all she’s a mother avenging the loss of her son. She lives in an awful place with only her son for company. Losing her companion fuels her rage. Her actions are understandable from a certain point of view. She did what any grieving mother would do for their slain son.
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