Grendels Mother? Beowulf's One Night Stand?

     So now we come to Grendel's Mother. Her name is never told within either the novel or film but we believe the writer wanted it this way to show the importance of her isn't that great, or at least in the novel she is not. Within the novel you see a more caring side from Grendel's Mother towards Grendel with her wanting to avenge Grendel's death, but in the novel her insignificance is still clear with her seemingly quick and easy defeat by Beowulf deep within her murky underwater lair.
     Unlike the novel, in the film Grendel's Mother's is in the story till the end. After Beowulf enters her water liar the story takes a whole new turn with many new elements being introduced into the story. In the novel Grendel's Mother is described as "monstrous" and from everything else is thought to be hideous and demonic, but this is not the way the film producer sought to show her as. We see in the film that she is shown to be cunning and her looks are beautiful and anything but "monstrous," with Angelina Jolie playing the part.
     At first Beowulf attempts to slay the beast but with every strike having no effective toward her he stops. After a long conversation with Grendel's Mother Beowulf instead of going into an epic battle with the demon which would end in her defeat, gets persuaded not fight her and in the end is seduced by Grendel's Mother after she promises him fame and wealth.  


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