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Why does Unferth question Beowulf's ability? Unferth is “sick with envy” (l. 502) of Beowulf's reputation and courage. From a dramatic point of view, Unferth's challenge gives Beowulf a chance to demonstrate his skill at boasting.

Grendel, fictional character, a monstrous creature defeated by Beowulf in the Old English poem Beowulf (composed between 700 and 750 ce). Descended from the biblical Cain, Grendel is an outcast, doomed to wander the face of the earth.

Grendel, fictional character, a monstrous creature defeated by Beowulf in the Old English poem Beowulf (composed between 700 and 750 ce). Descended from the biblical Cain, Grendel is an outcast, doomed to wander the face of the earth.

He is usually depicted as a monster or a giant, although his status as a monster, giant, or other form of supernatural being is not clearly described in the poem and thus remains the subject of scholarly debate.

A great, bearlike monster, Grendel is the first of three monsters defeated by the Geatish hero Beowulf in the sixth-century poem Beowulf.

It deals with events of the early 6th century and was probably composed c. 700–750. It tells the story of the Scandinavian hero Beowulf, who gains fame as a young man by vanquishing the monster Grendel and Grendel's mother; later, as an aging king, he kills a dragon but dies soon after, honoured and lamented.

The one warrior who does not desert Beowulf is Wiglaf; the two of them fight the dragon together. During the battle, the dragon's tusk pierces Beowulf's neck, mortally wounding him. Though he and Wiglaf do kill the dragon, Beowulf dies.