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Beowulf was well known because of his fight with Grendel, but the best he had was probably the battle with Grendel's mother. In the poem Grendel went into the lake and didn't wait for anyone. He was then attacked by Grendel's mother and she almost killed Beowulf. Then he saw his last chance to live witch was a sword made by giants. He took the and stabbed her twice before she died. Then if look at this one move made by Zemeckis about Beowulf. He just changed everything about it. Grendel's mother never fought Beowulf she asked him to give another son and then she would give him all those riches. Plush Grendel's mother didn't died in the movie. So Zemeckis just killed the whole

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