danes

Although Wealhtheow has much resentment towards serving the Danes, she puts all that beside her and fulfilled her duties as an praiseworthy queen. In Grendel it told how she came between drunken men in the mead hall, as if she was their mother. Her intervention reminded them of their responsibilities toward the kingdom. Her presence "brought light and warmth, men began talking, joking and laughing, both Danes and Geats together"(Grendel, p.163). She created a …

…with his fists". His motive for killing her was justified by wanting to teach the Danes reality, but he refrained because it would be "pointless pleasure". Grendel was clearly unhappy about his desire for Wealtheow, and was disconcerted. He contemplated killing her because he wanted to get rid of these feelings, instead he decided to focus on the undesirable side Wealhtheow, "her unqueenly shrieks" and "the ugliness between her legs(the bright tears of blood)."