King Hrothgar

So you brought back the head of Grendel. What about the head of the mother?

Beowulf

With her dead and cold in the bog, is it not enough to return one monster's head?

King Hrothgar

Did you kill her?

Beowulf

Would you like to hear the story of my struggle against this monstrous hag?

King Hrothgar

She's no hag, Beowulf. We both know that. But answer me, did you kill her?

Beowulf

Would I have been able to escape her, had I not?

King Hrothgar

Grendel is dead. That's all that matter to me. He can bother me no more. The mother, the hag... She's not my curse, not anymore. Not anymore.