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It is part of human nature. The drive to become rich, and to take the gold, is the whole reason that the dwarves started off in the first place. They were greedy for the wealth. They were blinded to the position that they were in. Even when Bilbo took the Arkenstone Thorin didn't pay attention, and turned his back on him.
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The poet's opinion that it was because of 'the slumber' which 'sealed' his spirit that he felt that his beloved was 'untouched' by earthly things like mortality is ironic because it is not really the slumber, but his desire that his beloved should not be touched by death as he loves her deeply, that has made him blind.
Answer: After Grendel is killed, Grendel's mother attacks Heorot in revenge. Beowulf then ventures into her cave under a lake, and engages in fierce combat with Grendel's mother. She nearly kills him until he sees an ancient sword, with which he kills her, and beheads the dead Grendel.
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