(153-156) “…Unrelenting feud, nothing but war; how he would never parley or make peace with any Dane nor stop his death-dealing nor pay the death-price.”
This passage is talking about Grendel and how since he is evil he can’t and wont pay blood-money (wyr-gild). But Grendel doesn’t get off that easy, he has to pay in other ways, such as being exiled. This shows the difference between Grendel and Beowulf because Beowulf actually goes to the Danes to pay off his father’s debt, which in turn is killing Grendel.
Is it because he's evil that the can't or won't - or does being an exile put him out of the rules of society?
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