and gobbled the flesh, greedily gorged on the lifeless corpse, the hands and feet. Then the fiend step nearer,(558-564). Beowulf still sat unfrightend by what occurs and waits for the right moment to attack Grendel. He approaches Grendel after the consumption of the man and grabs his arm and begins to crush it with his hand. His courage fled; but he found no escape! He was fain to be gone; he would flee to the darkness,(571-572). Beowulf full of rage and anger began to beat this monster with his bare hands. And Beowulf gained the glory of battle. Grendel, fated, fled to the fens, to his joyless dwelling, sick unto death,(632-634). Beowulf without fear or hesitation fought this monster and won. This beast had killed many men at a single time, but Beowulfs courage let him prevail in a situation where fear takes over the hearts of many men. Beowulfs next test of courage came when he fought Grendels mother in her lair, she like Grendel, has incredible size and strength. Grendels mother wants to get revenge for the murder of her son, Grendel. Beowulf jumped in the lake, leading to the lair, going after Grendels mother without any thought that would suggest the slightest hint of fear. After swimming in these murky waters Beowulf finds his enemy. Swift she grappled and grasped the warrior with horrid grip, but could work no harm, no hurt to his body; the ring-locked byrny cloaked his life from her clutching claw; nor could she tear through the tempered mail with her savage fingers. The she-wolf bore the ring-prince down through the watery depths to her den at the bottom,(996-1003). She was an enormous opponent but Beowulf still had no fear and did not want to run from her. In her lair the fight broke out. Beowulf swung his sword Hrunting, a human made sword, at her only to realize that this could not penetrate her skin. Realizing it would not help in his fight he drops his weapon and begins to fight her with barehands. She tried to b...
