Grendel Chapter 2 Summary. Grendel, a large bearlike monster, has spent the last twelve years locked in a war against a band of humans. Web grendel continues down the cliffs and through the fens and moors on his way to the meadhall of hrothgar, king of the danes.
He explores the corners of his cave, vaguely aware of other creatures living down there in the darkness with him and his mother, even though he never sees what they are. He used to play games in the subterranean home he shared with his mother. Youth grendel watches hrothgar make war, waste animals, kill people, and change the landscape. Youth grendel spies on hrothgar's meadhall and hears the shaper's songs, which fascinate him. Grendel, a large bearlike monster, has spent the last twelve years locked in a war against a band of humans. He would attack and hide from shadows as he explored the myriad caves. Web grendel suffers from blood loss and horrific pain, and he begins to pity himself for dying alone, unloved, and unmissed. Sometimes he would feel like his mother and. He searches the landscape for her and finds that nature is cruel because it's full of objects (rocks, trees) that look like her but aren't. Web grendel tries to communicate with the humans, but they do not understand his words.
He would attack and hide from shadows as he explored the myriad caves. The main action of grendel takes place in the last year of that war, but the novel skips back in time in order to illuminate the origins of the conflict as well as grendel’s personal history. As he makes his way to the meadhall, grendel thinks of his mother, who continues to sleep in their underground haunt. Web grendel remembers the day hrothgar throws an ax at him when he's stuck in a tree. She is wracked by guilt for some unnamed, secret crime. Grendel talks angrily to himself and heads for the meadhall of hrothgar, whose kingdom he habitually raids. He remembers a group of large shapes with eyes that sat in his mother’s cave and watched him. Daylight comes, and still no mama. He used to play games in the subterranean home he shared with his mother. Grendel reflects that he thought his mother loved him in some way, but was never sure. Grendel, a large bearlike monster, has spent the last twelve years locked in a war against a band of humans.
