“Beowulf,” is an epic poem that takes place during the 6th century. In this poem, Beowulf, a true hero of the Geats, comes to the help of Hrothgar, the King of the Danes, whose mead hall is attacked by a vicious monster known as Grendel. Once Beowulf kills him, Grendel’s mother attacks the hall and is then also beaten by Beowulf. Victorious, Beowulf goes home and later becomes King of the Geats. After about fifty years, Beowulf overthrows a dragon, but is brutally injured in the fight. Throughout the poem, vengeance is portrayed by several of the characters such as Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and the dragon. Grendel hates nothing more than the merriment happening in the mead hall. Grendel seeks revenge in “Beowulf” because of the loud, and obnoxious amounts noise that has been coming from Heorot. Grendel waits for all of Hrothgar’s warriors to fall asleep, and then attacks the newly built mead hall. Quickly, Hrothgar and his people retreat from the hall, and Beowulf and his men quickly step in. “When it comes to fighting, I count myself as dangerous any day as Grendel. So it won’t be a cutting edge I’ll wield to mow him down, easily as I might, (Heaney 47)” is what Beowulf says as he awaits Grendel to attack for a second time. As the night goes on, Beowulf and his men are woken up by another attack by the cruel Grendel. Without any weapons, Beowulf and Grendel have a battle. Once Beowulf pulls off the arm of Grendel, the beast attempts to go home, but cannot make it, and he slowly dies. Grendel’s mother is just as heinous as her son. When Grendel’s mother finds out about the killing of her son, she immediately seeks revenge. “Where she is hiding, glutting on the corpse and the glorying in her escape, I cannot tell; she has taken up the feud because of last night, when you killed Grendel (Heaney 93)” just comes to show that Hrothgar’s warriors are expecting Grendel’s mother to attack. She takes