Question

The poem describes Grendel’s mother’s underwater lair in great detail in lines 422–440. Select three key details about the lake that hides the underwater lair and analyze how they contribute to the mood, or overall feeling, of this passage.

Answer 1

the lake

• dark
• gloomy
• disgusting

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Answer 2

The lake is described as dark, gloomy and disgusting.

Step-by-step explanation:

Grendel's mother lives in an underwater lair in a set of lakes and swamps that is described in an uncomfortable and unpleasant way. Lines 422-440 describe this place as an environment formed by decomposition, rot and darkness and show the lake as a very unpleasant place. This contributes to increasing the inadequacy tone and provokes, in the reader, a feeling of regret in relation to Grendel and his mother. In addition, this environment reinforces the concept of disorder, caused by the two monsters.