Beowulf, Part 30 summary
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In XXX Beowulf Tells Higelac of His Adventures, Beowulf doubts the Heathobards’ treaty with the Danes and describes how inherited grievances can destroy it. He then recounts his struggles with Grendel and Grendel’s mother, linking his victories and Hrothgar’s rewards with the losses and sorrow surrounding them.
What happens
- Beowulf imagines an old warrior using captured family treasures to provoke revenge, break the treaty, and weaken Ingeld’s love for his wife.
- He recounts how Grendel devours Hondscio and tries to overpower him and put him inside a dragon-skin glove.
- Beowulf resists, leaving Grendel to flee without his right hand and die beneath the sea.
- Hrothgar rewards Beowulf, shares songs and stories, and mourns his lost youthful strength.
- Grendel’s mother kills Æschere and carries his body underwater, denying the Danes a funeral burning.
- At Hrothgar’s request, Beowulf fights her underwater, cuts off her head, barely survives, and receives more jewels.
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