Beowulf, Part 13: riassunto

Cosa succede

1. Beowulf’s followers try to protect him with swords, but their weapons cannot harm Grendel.
2. Beowulf holds Grendel’s hand as the monster suffers a terrible shoulder wound and flees toward the marshes.
3. Beowulf ends the Danes’ suffering and hangs Grendel’s hand, arm, and shoulder beneath the hall’s roof.
4. Warriors gather at dawn; Grendel’s blood stains the waters, and few warriors mourn his death.
5. Beowulf receives praise as a possible successor to Hrothgar, though nobody speaks against the king.
6. A bard celebrates Beowulf and Sigemund, while Heremod appears as a king who burdens his people.

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Cosa notare

The wound establishes that Beowulf overcomes an enemy whom swords cannot injure. It marks the physical defeat that ends the Danes’ suffering.

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