Warning: Use of undefined constant referer - assumed 'referer' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 102

Warning: Use of undefined constant host - assumed 'host' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 105

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays:102) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 106

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays:102) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 109
Grendel: Queen Wealthheow - Essay

Grendel: Queen Wealthheow

In Grendel however, Queen Wealththeow is described in much greater detail and serves a further purpose. The reader gains insight to a part Grendel that is not present in Beowulf, his desire for a human.
The lust for Wealhtheow did not stop with Unferth. Perhaps the most significant difference in the two texts is that in Grendel, the monster, was attracted to Wealhtheow. There is no suggestion in Beowulf that Grendel posses any feelings toward the humans. This desire for Wealhtheow gives the reader better insight into Grendels character. Up until this point the reader was given no hint that Grendel possessed anything except hatred toward the human race. Grendel was touched the first time ...

Want to read the rest of this paper?
Join Essayworld today to view this entire essay
and over 50,000 other term papers

her out of bed by her feet as if he was going to split her in half. He wanted to kill her but he was torn by his feeling for her, all the pain he wanted to inflict was sexual. He wanted to "cook the ugly hole between her legs, and squeeze out her feces 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)."
Although the two texts are fundamentally the same, there is a significant difference in how Queen Wealhtheow is portrayed. In the novel Grendel, the reader is given not only further insight to the beauty and charm of Wealhtheow, but the sensitivity and needs of Grendel. Both ...

Get instant access to over 50,000 essays.
Write better papers. Get better grades.

Already a member? Login

CITE THIS PAGE:

APA
MLA
Chicago
Turabian

Grendel: Queen Wealthheow. (2004, October 14). Retrieved January 13, 2026, from http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Grendel-Queen-Wealthheow/15873

"Grendel: Queen Wealthheow." Essayworld.com. Essayworld.com, 14 Oct. 2004. Web. 13 Jan. 2026. <http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Grendel-Queen-Wealthheow/15873>

"Grendel: Queen Wealthheow." Essayworld.com. October 14, 2004. Accessed January 13, 2026. http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Grendel-Queen-Wealthheow/15873.

JOIN NOW

Join today and get instant access to this and 50,000+ other essays

PAPER DETAILS

Added: 10/14/2004 05:21:03 PM
Category: Book Reports
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 414
Pages: 2

Save |

Report

SHARE THIS PAPER

SAVED ESSAYS

Save and find your favorite essays easier