The Ending of Grendel

If you read Beowulf you might have somewhat of an idea of how Grendel come to an end. Grendel dies from being slain by Beowulf but it is further explain from Grendel's side of view how the whole event occurred. During Grendel and Beowulf's battle i felt as if Grendel was taking by surprise by Beowulf's power and fighting abilities. Even once Grendel realizes of Beowulf's true threat, Grendel still feels as if he can beat Beowulf. Even once Beowulf is obviously winning, Grendel just starts to make excuses for himself and feels as if Beowulf is getting lucky. Grendel blames him slipping on blood, as the reason for his defeat by Beowulf. The end result is that Beowulf rips of Grendel's arm and Grendel stumbles back to hi home where he eventually falls into the deep abyss. Whether or note Grendel intentionally fell into the whole can be a topic of discussion. I believe that Grendel fell to his death on purpose. Grendel states that he had an accident and that it was all a mistake. By emphasizing that the whole situation was a misunderstanding and a mistake, the theme of mis communication and accidents are clearly expressed. The idea hat nothing happens for any reason at all and that everything is random and accidental can be shown through a narcissistic point of view. This point of view expresses that nothing happens for a reason and everything will eventually end just as we all do so there is no point to life. This idea is shown when Grendel plummets into the dark abyss and leaves the world for forever, now waiting for his replacement to take his place. I also thought the end was interesting because of the way Beowulf was portrayed with wings, which could ether symbolize the words of the dragon coming true or symbolize Beowulf as a fallen angle similar to Luther. Beowulf can be seen as a fallen angle like Luther due to how he almost torments Grendel during his defeat giving Beowulf a form in which he is both evil yet bringing peace to many. Grendel's hallucination of the wings can also serve as if Grendel is remembering the wise words of the dragon and he now sees what the dragon was referring to when he stated to beware of strangers. While Beowulf brings peace and safety to the people he can also be seen as the bringer of death from Grendel's point of view.