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 which are to retaliate; they desire recognition and acknowledgment for different reasons. Beowulf is a character that searches to fight with the final goal to save everyone. In "he was the mightiest man on earth highborn and powerful" (Line 198) the narrator describes Beowulf as strong unique man; capable of fighting anyone that would stand in front of him. Grendel's mother is portrayed as an evil creature who is searching for nothing more than violence and evilness. "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. The narrator has introduced Gre
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