Question

Where are the Danes during most of this excerpt? Where is Grendel? What do the two different settings suggest about their different places in society? Cite textual evidence to support your answer.

Answer 1

1.The Danes are in the Great Mead-Hall known as Heorot while Grendel is in the Moor-fens a form of swampy grassland or forest.

2. The two different settings suggest that the Danes are legally recognized in the society while Grendel is viewed as an outcast because of his ill-deeds towards the society and his regular disturbance.

Step-by-step explanation:

During most of the excerpt, the Danes can be seen in the great mead-hall known as Heorot rejoicing and banqueting with the King. This means that the Danes are accepted in society because they have kind thoughts towards it.

Grendel, on the other hand, is like a rejected part of the community and that is why he is seen living outside the community, in the moor-fens a form of wetland with grasses surrounding it. It is a secluded forest. Grendel is not welcome in society. He only comes into the kingdom whenever there is an evil deed he wants to commit.

I hissed in the black of the forest…Thanes filled the hall and a great silent crowd of them spilled out over the surrounding hill, smiling, peaceable, hearing the harper…”