The Real Mother
In the Beowulf's translation by Seamus Heaney, he presents Beowulf as the protagonist of this epic poem, and Grendel's mother as an evil monster that just wants revenge. Although I agree with Beowulf's reason for fighting against Grendel, I still think that Grendel's mother was seeking for revenge. I will present to you that although Grendel's mother is a character that has been presented as an evil creature, she deserves sympathy and understanding for what she did. The narrator presents the characters at first by describing their attributes and letter in the poem he tells us the name of each character. However, the reader is, in a way, manipulated and creates an image for the characters, based on the descriptions that the narrator gives at the beginning of the poem. The facts are not mentioned at in the first place; therefore, the image created for each character is created based on opinion and not on facts. The reader is lead through a serious of opinions for each character, and then though the facts that might describe them better. Beowulf and Grendel's mother have resemblances to each other; their motivations are similar. Both of them have the same goals
Grendel's mother is portrayed as an evil creature who is searching for nothing more than violence and evilness. However, I have sympathy for Grendel's mother because her behavior is understanding. Although I feel respect and a lot of admiration for Beowulf for being such a brave man; I also feel sympathy for Grendel's mother who is driven on her thirst of revenge. Her son's body has been presented as an object that represents Beowulf's achievement; however, his conflict with Grendel had an unhappy ending for Grendel's mother. In fact, Grendel's mother has not been the best creature in the world. She decides to take revenge in her own hands, so she goes to Heorot to do that specifically. Her son had been killed and his body had been used as a symbol of success for Beowulf's battle. "This woman deserves to be were she is [into the fearful waters]" might be an interpretation of the previous quote. 1275) is one more understanding line; it represents a more understanding mood; the tone seems relaxed and expresses sympathy. Their seem to be little understanding of why she is there. The poem does present Grendel's mother in a very negative way; however, I do think that there are many passages that suggest some sympathy for her. Beowulf uses violence in the poem but the difference between him and Grendel's mother is that his revenge actions have been justify. "But now his mother had sallied forth on a savage journey" (Line. Grendel's mother did exactly what any mother would do for her children. "She had been forced down into the fearful waters" (Lines 1260) describes Grendel's mother as someone who deserves to be in that evil place where she is.
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