In the story of Beowulf, the Troll Wife was portrayed as dastardly fiend who killed the innocent AEschere, dearest hero of Hrothgar, whilst he slept. But in reality, she was just avenging her befallen son. Would you not do the same? Before Grendel was killed, the Troll Wife had no quarrel with humans at all and had not come in contact with a single being prior to. “Brooded over her misery, doomed to dwell…but rabid and raging his mother resolved on a dreadful revenge for the death of her son (Beowulf 15)!” Notice the connotations: “brooded”, “misery”, “dwell”, and “dreadful”. She did not want to harm anyone but felt it was her duty as a mother who loves her child. The Troll Wife is truly a victim of circumstance in situation where no mercy
