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Why is it important to Grendel that his death be viewed as an accident?

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It supports his theory about life's uselessness.

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Because he wants to show that Beowulf's heroism is not real heroism, rather that death was brought by accident. It would not be perceived as skill but luck, thus it would degrade Beowulf.
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