King Hrothgar describes
where Grendel and his mom live. He tells a story about a deer
who is "hunted through the woods by packs of hounds,"
suggesting hunters are after this deer, but when the deer
reaches the shores of this lake, he "prefers to die On those
shores, refuses to save its life
In that water" (645; 647-49).
What does this story suggest about the nature of this lake and
its inhabitants? Consider the details describing the lake and
everything that surrounds it.