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Why does Beowulf want to fight Grendel? What warning does Hrothgar give Beowulf? What is Grendel? Why does Beowulf want to see the treasure? Quotes Find the quotes you need to support your essay, or refresh your memory of the book by reading these key quotes.

Important Quotes Explained. Sign up and get instant access to save the page as your favorite. No Fear Chapter 11 Page 1. Page 1. Under welkin he walked, till the wine-palace there,. Previous section Chapter 10 Next section Chapter Test your knowledge Take the Lines Quick Quiz. Read the Summary Read the Summary of Lines Popular pages: Beowulf. Take a Study Break. Original Text. Modern Text. The monster was minded of mankind now sundry to seize in the stately house.

Under welkin he walked, till the wine-palace there, gold-hall of men, he gladly discerned, flashing with fretwork. Night fell. The one who walks in shadows was coming to them. All of the hall guards were asleep except for one. The one who was awake was ready for the fiend. Grendel stalked through the misty swamps, making his way to the great hall. He walked in the shadows until at last he arrived. He had come here many times, but never had he faced such powerful enemies.

He tore open the door and strode in, his eyes aflame with rage. He spied in hall the hero-band, kin and clansmen clustered asleep, hardy liegemen. Then laughed his heart; for the monster was minded, ere morn should dawn, savage, to sever the soul of each, life from body, since lusty banquet waited his will! But Wyrd forbade him to seize any more of men on earth after that evening.

Not that the monster was minded to pause! Then farther he hied; for the hardy hero with hand he grasped, felt for the foe with fiendish claw, for the hero reclining,—who clutched it boldly, prompt to answer, propped on his arm. Soon then saw that shepherd-of-evils that never he met in this middle-world, in the ways of earth, another wight with heavier hand-gripe; at heart he feared, sorrowed in soul,—none the sooner escaped!