flirted with Wealhtheow often in Grendel. When she would offer him the mead he would glance at her and look down and smile. Unferth felt embarrassment after he made a comment about men killing their brothers while they were drunk. Few people in Heorot found the comment humorous, the queen was caught off guard. He respected the queen, as did every one throughout the kingdom. He was humiliated at what he had said, he felt regret and ridicule by his mistake and glanced at the queen without looking away. Being the kind person that she was she forgave him, and he was put at ease. The lust for Wealhtheow did not stop with Unferth. Perhaps the most significant difference in the two texts is that in Grendel, the monster, was attracted to Wealhtheow. There is no suggestion in Beowulf that Grendel posses any feelings toward the humans. This desire for Wealhtheow gives the reader better insight into Grendels character. Up until this point the reader was given no hint that Grendel possessed anything except hatred toward the human race. Grendel was touched the first time he saw Wealhtheow, he was struck by her innocence and beauty. He wanted to sob at the sight of her; the reader had never been introduced to this sensitive side of the monster. The reader wasn't the only one who had a problem underezding Grendels feelings, Grendel couldn't underezd them either. He was "tortured by the red of her hair and the set of her chin and the white of her shoulders". There is definitely a sexual overtone in Grendels desire for Wealththeow. Upon his attack of her he ripped her out of bed by her feet as if he was going to split her in half. He wanted to kill her but he was torn by his feeling for her, all the pain he wanted to inflict was sexual. He wanted to "cook the ugly hole between her legs, and squeeze out her feces with his fists". His motive for killing her was justified by wanting to teach the Da...
