It began to wilt - It melted.
His ancestral sword.
He cuts off his head to keep as a trophy.
After Beowulf kills Grendel's mother, he sees Grendel's lifeless body and beheads it as proof of his victory. He then finds the decapitated head of Grendel and takes it with him as he returns to Heorot to show it to Hrothgar. The Geats and Danes rejoice in Beowulf's triumph over the monsters.
Actually, no. The film is animated and though they used Angelina's face, movements, and voice, it was not her body.
Beowulf defeats Grendel's mother by using a giant magical sword that he finds in her lair. This sword is so large and powerful that it can slice through her body, finally defeating her.
1)Grendel attacks Herot 2) Beowulf fights and kills Grendel 3)Grendel's mother takes Grendel's arm, and kills Aeschere 4)Beowulf fights and kills Grendel's Mother 5) King Hrothgar praises Beowulf as King 6)Beowulf, with the assistance of Wiglaf, fights and kills the dragon I believe I named them all. If not, I'm sorry.
Beowulf and his men spend the night in Heorot. After they fall asleep, Grendel enters the hall and attacks, devouring one of Beowulf's men. But Grendel dare not touch the throne of Hroðgar, because he is protected by the almighty God. Beowulf, feigning sleep, leaps up and grabs Grendel's arm in a wrestling hold, and the two battle until it seems as though the hall might fall down due to their fighting. Beowulf's men draw their swords and rush to his help, but their swords break upon Grendel's arm because he has put a charm on all human weapons. Finally, Beowulf tears Grendel's arm from his body at the shoulder and Grendel runs to his home in the marshes to die.
Beowulf attacks Grendel, rips his arm off hangs it on the raftors and Grendel walks off and dies in his cave. Later Beowulf finds Grendel's body and cuts his head off.
that you can feel it in your body
Beowulf and his men fall asleep in Heorot, Grendel comes into the hall and attacks them. Grendel devours one of Beowulf's men, Beowulf had been feigning sleep and jumps up and grabs Grendel's arm. The two have a long violent battle that nearly brings the hall down. Finally Beowulf tears Grendel's arm from his body at the shoulder. Grendel runs to the marshes to die.
They cremate Beowulf's body on a funeral pyre as per his request. Beowulf had asked to have his remains burned and be placed in a tower by the sea as a memorial for his people to remember him.
After Beowulf died, he was cremated and his body was placed in a barrow (burial mound). His funeral pyre was surrounded by treasures and weapons, and he was mourned by his people. Beowulf's story and heroic deeds continued to be celebrated in the form of epic poetry.