The first monster beowulf fights name is Grendel. Grendel would kill beowulf's townspeople and he was sent to go kill grendel. When the time finally came for beowulf to battle Grendel he realized that Grendel had no weapon but his hands. Beowulf then decided to make even so he fought with out his sword and used nothing but his bear hands. Beowulf and Grendel continue to fight until beowulf is winning and then rips off Grendel's arm only to send him running back to his mother in his cave. …show more content…
The cave where she lived was at the bottom of the sea. Beowulf swam all the way to the bottom this would take him a day to do. While he was swimming down to fight her there were all other monsters fighting him. Grendel's mom realises that beowulf is approaching and decides to attack. In this battle Beowulf decided it is necessary to use a sword. The sword he carries down there with him has no power over the giant monster. He sees a enormes sword in the cave and uses it to kill the mom. Once she died he cut off grendel's head and brought it up to the surface. The townspeople thought that Beowulf died because they saw the pool of blood rise to the top of the water. Once Beowulf swam to the top the people were so