Question

Besides the noise of their merrymaking what is another probable reason grendel wanted to hurt the danes?

Answer 1

Another probable reason Grendel wanted to hurt the Danes is because he had been exiled to live in the swamp lands away from the humans.

Step-by-step explanation:

Grendel is a character in the epic story "Beowulf". He is depicted as a monster who hated and killed many of the Danish people. He hated the Danes in their merrymaking and their enjoyment of their lives.

But another reason for his hatred of the Danes may be the ostracizing and exile that he and his mother were subjected to. They are not allowed to live among the humans, but rather made to survive in the swamp lands away from any human interaction. His loneliness and jealousy of the interaction and social life in comparison with his lonely existence makes up the root of his hatred for the humans.

Answer 2

He had been exiled by both God and men. Grendel an evil presence that lives in the swamps and threatens Hero. Beowulf do to Grendel's body when he discovered it in his mom's den to remove its head and conveyed it to Hrothgar as a trophy.