I think he is exactly right. Even in what may seem our darkest hours in life, there is always a beam of hope. You can always remove yourself from the darkness. Help is out there you just have to have the will to find it. The image he chose (shown below) shows a person in a relatively dark room but with a window of light beaming down. Showing us that there is a silver lining in everything. It just hast to be found.

This article is very informative on Grendel and the story as a whole. Stating that the attack is one of if not the "most vivid and memorable scene in Beowulf and quite possibly in all of Anglo-Saxon narrative.". That's a strong statement to make. Some of the text is a little to over my head, and I don't really understand some of it. (I guess thats why its called a scholarly article) From what I can gather from it, the story is intriguing to most of the world today as it was back when it was written. It has triggered some of the most in depth research ever inititated on a story from centuries ago.