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That night, there is a great celebration in Heorot, but it is interrupted by Grendel's mother, a hag like being who lives at the bottom of a lake.  She kills Beowulf's best warrior in revenge for her son's death and takes Grendel's arm back to her cave.  Beowulf resolves to find and kill Grendel's mother and he tracks her to a mere.  Beowulf prepares to dive to the bottom of the mere, and one of Hrothgar's warriors called Unferth presents him with a sword called Hrunting.  Beowulf dives into the lake and is dragged down to the cave by Grendel's mother.  There they begin to fight, but Beowulf is slowly overcome, as his sword is no match for Grendel's mother.    In desperation, Beowulf takes up "an ancient sword of the giants" and with it, kills Grendel's mother.  Then Beowulf finds Grendels corpse.  He decapitates him and takes the head to Hrothgar.  Hrothgar gives him many gifts and sends him on his way to the land of the Geats.

That night, there is a great celebration in Heorot, but it is interrupted by Grendel's mother, a hag like being who lives at the bottom of a lake.  She kills Beowulf's best warrior in revenge for her son's death and takes Grendel's arm back to her cave.  Beowulf resolves to find and kill Grendel's mother and he tracks her to a mere.  Beowulf prepares to dive to the bottom of the mere, and one of Hrothgar's warriors called Unferth presents him with a sword called Hrunting.  Beowulf dives into the lake and is dragged down to the cave by Grendel's mother.  There they begin to fight, but Beowulf is slowly overcome, as his sword is no match for Grendel's mother.    In desperation, Beowulf takes up "an ancient sword of the giants" and with it, kills Grendel's mother.  Then Beowulf finds Grendels corpse.  He decapitates him and takes the head to Hrothgar.  Hrothgar gives him many gifts and sends him on his way to the land of the Geats.

The story then jumps ahead many years.  Beowulf is now a beloved and wise king of the Geats.  When Beowulf is growing old, a man happens upon a dragon's lair and steals a gold cup.  When the dragon finds her cup missing, she proceeds to burn the village and surrounding countryside.  Beowulf and twelve men come to fight the dragon, but when the battle comes, they all flee except for one warrior named Wiglaf.  He stays by Beowulf's side, and together, they slay the dragon.  When the dragon is dead, Beowulf has been badly wounded and he dies a kingly death.  Beowulf is buried with the dragons treasure beneath a mound of stones on the shore of a sea so he cairn may be a landmark for sailors to find their way by.

The story then jumps ahead many years.  Beowulf is now a beloved and wise king of the Geats.  When Beowulf is growing old, a man happens upon a dragon's lair and steals a gold cup.  When the dragon finds her cup missing, she proceeds to burn the village and surrounding countryside.  Beowulf and twelve men come to fight the dragon, but when the battle comes, they all flee except for one warrior named Wiglaf.  He stays by Beowulf's side, and together, they slay the dragon.  When the dragon is dead, Beowulf has been badly wounded and he dies a kingly death.  Beowulf is buried with the dragons treasure beneath a mound of stones on the shore of a sea so he cairn may be a landmark for sailors to find their way by. <ref>http://www.bookrags.com/notes/beo/SUM.htm</ref><ref>http://www.studyworld.com/studyworld_studynotes/jnotes/Beowulf/PlotSummary.html</ref><ref>http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/beowulf/summary.html</ref>

== Characters ==

== Characters ==