Beowulf And Heorot Analysis

Grendel pounds open the doors of Heorot. His eyes are demon-like, ready to kill anything in his way. He ferociously walks into Heorot and grabs the closest thing he can find to give him even more strength to fight, which is a sleeping Geat, and devours it in a second. Next, Grendel’s eyes lay upon the mighty Beowulf and all you can see in that instant is how anxious he looks to go and kill him. Grendel as quickly as he can, goes to grab Beowulf, but Beowulf is too fast and somehow slips away from Grendel’s sudden movement and gets a hold of Grendel himself. At that point, all you can see in Grendel’s eyes is rage, and a little bit of nervousness; Grendel had never felt that strong of a grip on him in his entire life. Grendel tries to pull himself away, but against Beowulf’s strength, he doesn’t stand a …show more content…
Beowulf’s soldiers grab their weapons as fast as they can, and in a hurry rush into Heorot to fight against the demonized Grendel. The soldiers try stabbing Grendel with their swords, and are very confused to see it is not doing them any justice. Grendel can’t feel any of their attacks. They start to realize that there is something strange going on and that there must be a spell casted to protect him from their swords. Once the soldiers have started to realize this, they try to find ways to distract Grendel so that Beowulf can get a hold on him for good. The soldiers start to surround Grendel, getting as many punches as they can at him. Grendel starts to waver, and finally Beowulf comes in grabbing and ripping off Grendel’s whole arm and shoulder. Grendel screams in agony and takes off as quickly as he can to the swamp to die. The soldiers cheer for Beowulf as he lifts the arm up in the air and shows his victory. To show his victory, Beowulf hangs Grendel’s arm above the fireplace on one of the walls in Heorot. In the end, Beowulf realizes that he is satisfied with his victory and stops boasting for