The lines show that Grendel is a monster that fights just for pleasure and is invincible, which means the people will suffer forever. Mainly, because no hero will be willing to face him and will refuse any payment to do so, as Beowulf refused.
According to the context of your question, we can see that you are referring to the epic "Beowulf".
According to the epic and the lines presented in the question above, we can infer that:
- Grendel is a terrible and invincible monster.
- He is happy killing and causing chaos.
- He wants to torture human beings who cannot defend themselves against him.
- The people beg a hero to defend them, to the point where the king offers land and gold to anyone willing to face Grendel.
- The king offered these riches to Beowulf, but he refused, which made the people feel that he would not help them.
- However, Beowulf wanted to face the monster without expecting anything in return, as he wanted people's happiness and freedom.
With that, we can conclude that the author wanted to present Beowulf as a true hero who faces terrible creatures, expecting nothing in return, being an honorable, honest, generous and charitable man.
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