1. The Battle With Grendel
BEOWULF
The Battle With Grendel
Geschke/British Literature The Battle with Grendel

2. Geschke/British Literature The Battle with Grendel
Plot Summary
Grendel kills a sleeping Geat
Attacks Beowulf
Beowulf grabs on to Grendel’s talons
Grendel tries to run from Beowulf
Beowulf refuses to let go of Grendel
Beowulf and Grendel battle inside Herot
Beowulf’s men try to stab Grendel
Beowulf rips off Grendel’s arm
Grendel escapes to his den only to die
Grendel’s arm hung from the rafters of Herot
Geschke/British Literature The Battle with Grendel

3. Geschke/British Literature The Battle with Grendel
Imagery and Diction
“God’s hatred” (393)
Grendel is the symbol of evil
Grendel is the antithesis of God
Geschke/British Literature The Battle with Grendel

4. Geschke/British Literature The Battle with Grendel
Imagery and Diction
“forever joyless” (402)
Antithesis of God
Element of eternity
Geschke/British Literature The Battle with Grendel

5. Geschke/British Literature The Battle with Grendel
Imagery and Diction
“But fate, that night, intended Grendel to gnaw the broken bones Of his last human supper” ( )
Foreshadowing
Geschke/British Literature The Battle with Grendel