Good vs. Evil
The poet contrasts Grendel as a dark, monstrous force with the peaceful, light-filled world of the Danes. Grendel is described as a shadowy, savage creature who dwells in darkness and terrorizes the Danes in their bright, joyous mead hall. This sharp contrast highlights the conflict between good and evil in the poem.
The battle between Grendel and Beowulf takes place in Heorot, the hall of the Danes.
Readers are more quickly engage in the conflict between Grendel and the Danes
The narrator describes Grendel's hatred for the Danes as "pain as raw as knuckles."
Geat; Danes
Grendel terrorized the Danes for twelve years before being defeated by Beowulf.
Beowulf killed Grendel and he was a Dane, so yes
While Beowulf fights Grendel in Herot, a mead hall owned by Hrothgar (king of the Danes), he fights Grendel's mother in her underwater castle in a nearby lake.
12 years
Beowulf is a legendary hero who travels from Geatland to help the Danes by fighting the monster Grendel.
The land of the Danes, so Denmark... but not the same Denmark as today.
Geat; Danes