Grendel's Killing In 'Beowulf'

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Grendel felt an astonishing pain as the songs were played, he felt a mixture of misery and angriness. Grendel went outside of Herot hall seeking what might the people inside do. Grendel had a rage like never before as he saw them sleeping and drunk. Without thinking attacked 30 men at once leaving blood behind him as he run. When he hide back in his home he realized what he have done as he started to feel sad he notice that it was the only thing for him to do. Hrothgar’s few people left offered him a truce in seek of peace, but he rejected them all, it was his way of making them know that it was late for being kind to him, and so on 12 years of Grendel's vengeance passed.
Grendel striked as many nights as possible killing whoever stand in front of him. He developed a certain type of pleasure for killing, the first night Grendel attacked left an enormous mark on his mind, in a way it was the only kind of interaction with humans he learned in the pass of time.
Killing was in Grendel's eyes a usual way of dealing with the humans that never seem to talk to him more than for convince him of leaving the humans alone, thing that Grendel wasn't willing to do.
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After 12 winters one night he went to Herot Hall looking to pass time with someone, his heart was full of joy but he didnt expected to encounter a powerful man that in a glance seized him and bent back his claws. His being filled with fear and his instinct was to run away. Grendel fought for his life but only tears fell from his eyes. The strength that Grendel possessed fainted and his arm was teared apart. Grendel saw blood falling from his wound but quickly ran

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