Grendel's Role In Beowulf

The attack in the Mead Hall was more than just vengeance, by entering the realm of warriors and knights, Grendel’s mother was breaking the barriers of what traditional women may not have done. She not only challenges the knights, she also takes up a treasure in the form of a man who was a beloved friend to King Hrothgar. Grendel’s mother was assertive by taking on the main parental role as the head of her household in contrast to the society where men are the unequivocal leaders. Nonetheless, because she results to the violent tactics to achieve her objective, the Danish men label her as a grief-racked monster simply because she is a woman who resulted to these tactics.
The women of Beowulf exemplify their roles not only as traditional hostess,
mothers and peace weavers, but they also give advice, and fight in battle. Through the analysis of the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf, it becomes clear that although women were usually marginalized in these societies, they also had many significant roles that influenced their Kingdoms to either succeed or fail.