Role Of Queen In Beowulf & Gre

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in both texts concerning this
tradition, and it is evident to the reader that this is not an unusual
Anglo-Saxon custom.
Queen Wealhtheow and Queen Hygd served as excellent role models
for the courts in which they served. They exemplified the mannerisms
and etiquette of the noble people. Queen Wealhtheow showed excellent
poise from the very beginning of both texts. She was admirable as she
passed the mead bowl around Heorot. The offering of the bowl was
symbolic, being that the bowl was first given to Hrothgar and then
passed to Beowulf, as if she presented him with her trust. Beowulf
gave Wealhtheow his guarantee that he would be successful or die in
battle. After she presented Hrothgar and Beowulf with the mead bowl
she served the Scyldings, and did so as if they were her own people.
She was not a Scylding, nor did she desire to be one, but she
never made her unhappiness known, as described in Grendel. There is
not great detail on ...

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in Grendel the reader was given insight into Wealhtheow's
sorrow. The only time she would display her unhappiness was when she
would lie in bed at night with Hrothgar with her eyes full of tears.
Sometimes she would leave the kingdom to dwell in her sorrows but she
would be immediately surrounded by guards, and escorted inside.
Wealhtheow was homesick, she missed her land, and her brother. When
her brother visited Heorot she paid no attention to Hrothgar, and
Hrothgar fulfilled passing around the mead bowl. In Grendel, it told
of Hrothgar's love for wealhtheow. He would often stare at her in
admiration. Despite her resentment she treated Hrothgar with much ...

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