Comparing Beowulf And Grendel's
The Epic of Beowulf and the Novel Grendel Grendel is a monster, no matter what way he is described. A being that brings misery to all . This makes the next statement just captivating: the two Grendel’s in the poem of Beowulf and the novel Grendel, are two completely different beings. In the poem, Grendel is a mindless brute for a hero to slay; in the novel he interprets philosophy and is an unbiased mind viewing mankind . Beowulf is the main character in his own Epic, with Grendel being the first obstacle to overpower. A Simple description for a simple book. For this reason Grendel is a cliché character that the readers will dismiss with hast; Grendel is a straightforward, but horrifying, monster. “So mankind's enemy continued his crimes, Killing as often as he could, coming Alone, bloodthirsty and horrible” (79-81). Grendel is not as plain in Grendel the novel, he is every bit as gory though. “I lift her by the armpits as though she was a child and, gently, I set her aside” (147). This tells a many great things, first is Grendel’s
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From the songs the shapers sing which is about Christianity, to the antagonist being completely gruesome; of courses this is partially because Grendel is evil and Beowulf is the name of the epic. All this could be summed up in one quote “He was spawned in that slime, Conceived by a pair of those monsters born Of Cain, murderous creatures banished By God, punished forever for the crime Of Abel's death” (19-23). The novel gives the reader a bit more insight to what was going through the mind of Grendel, granted they both had the same level of wickedness. Throughout the novel Grendel is observing man, making metal notes to himself. In one particular observation Grendel is just mesmerized at what the harper had sung “My heart was light with Hrothgar's goodness, and leaden with grief at my own bloodthirsty ways." (48); Grendel is not human but still can understand some of man’s
From the songs the shapers sing which is about Christianity, to the antagonist being completely gruesome; of courses this is partially because Grendel is evil and Beowulf is the name of the epic. All this could be summed up in one quote “He was spawned in that slime, Conceived by a pair of those monsters born Of Cain, murderous creatures banished By God, punished forever for the crime Of Abel's death” (19-23). The novel gives the reader a bit more insight to what was going through the mind of Grendel, granted they both had the same level of wickedness. Throughout the novel Grendel is observing man, making metal notes to himself. In one particular observation Grendel is just mesmerized at what the harper had sung “My heart was light with Hrothgar's goodness, and leaden with grief at my own bloodthirsty ways." (48); Grendel is not human but still can understand some of man’s