A blood feud is a huge feud between two parties. It can sometimes be a war. It happens throughout history and is something well known in certain literature. An example of a feud is a person’s death on one side of the family. Then this family finds out the killer’s family, this starting the feud. The feud can last for days, it can last for weeks, it can last for can months, it can last for years, or for centuries. In the Viking era to prevent a feud the family of the murderer pays money to the family of the dead one. The poet does not offer any critique on the subject of a blood feud.
The poet represents a feud in characters like Beowulf’s father who dropped out as leader and left his kingdom as he was scared of a feud with the Danes. He killed the king of the Danes. And two kings later Beowulf’s father was forgiven after Beowulf and King Hrothgar came to agreement that Beowulf will kill Grendel. This act of peace has prevented war or a boldly feud between the Geats and the Danes.
Another feud was sparked after Grendel’s death. It was the feud between Grendel’s mother and the people of Herot. Like I said before if a party with a dead person finds out their killer they are allowed to put on a feud. This is why Grendel’s mom went to Herot and killed many. You can say this is a war, but this is a war that is basically a bloody feud because the issues fall into a category of a feud. This bloody feud between the Grendel’s family (his mom) and the herots only ended in more blood instead of peace like the one with Beowulf’s dad. Beowulf and the Geats came and killed Grendel’s mom which put the end to the feud between those two parties and giving victory to the Herots.
A Bloody feud which people may not think about at first is the feud between the Herots and Grendel. Grendel started this when he went to Herot and started their people. This started a bloody feud. Grendel came back again and again killing more and more people of Herot. Again people can say this is a war and even I agree, it falls in that category of a feud as where one party kills someone from another party. This feud ended the same way as with Grendel’s mom’s feud. Beowulf came and ended his life. Ending the feud or what they thought was ending the feud. This feud also lead to the bloody feud with Grendel’s mom and it can be easily seen why. Some people can say this and Grendel’s mom’s feud can be one feud. The reason why I did not put it that way is because after this bloody feud it was thought to be over. So there was technically a time where the feud was over.
The poet represents a feud in characters like Beowulf’s father who dropped out as leader and left his kingdom as he was scared of a feud with the Danes. He killed the king of the Danes. And two kings later Beowulf’s father was forgiven after Beowulf and King Hrothgar came to agreement that Beowulf will kill Grendel. This act of peace has prevented war or a boldly feud between the Geats and the Danes.
Another feud was sparked after Grendel’s death. It was the feud between Grendel’s mother and the people of Herot. Like I said before if a party with a dead person finds out their killer they are allowed to put on a feud. This is why Grendel’s mom went to Herot and killed many. You can say this is a war, but this is a war that is basically a bloody feud because the issues fall into a category of a feud. This bloody feud between the Grendel’s family (his mom) and the herots only ended in more blood instead of peace like the one with Beowulf’s dad. Beowulf and the Geats came and killed Grendel’s mom which put the end to the feud between those two parties and giving victory to the Herots.
A Bloody feud which people may not think about at first is the feud between the Herots and Grendel. Grendel started this when he went to Herot and started their people. This started a bloody feud. Grendel came back again and again killing more and more people of Herot. Again people can say this is a war and even I agree, it falls in that category of a feud as where one party kills someone from another party. This feud ended the same way as with Grendel’s mom’s feud. Beowulf came and ended his life. Ending the feud or what they thought was ending the feud. This feud also lead to the bloody feud with Grendel’s mom and it can be easily seen why. Some people can say this and Grendel’s mom’s feud can be one feud. The reason why I did not put it that way is because after this bloody feud it was thought to be over. So there was technically a time where the feud was over.