Grendel And Beowulf Compare And Contrast

Beowulf is the Hero of the Geats, an Epic Poem. Grendel is a creature that seeks understanding of the seemingly purposeless universe. Grendel was the first of three monsters than Beowulf killed. Grendel from the Epic poem, and the movie are greatly different, like how his arm got taken off, or even a chain on his arm.

Grendel hates the noise and happiness that comes from the Danes. As a solution to this problem in the book, Grendel sneaks into the hall at night while the Danes are asleep. Since they were asleep, they were unable to fight back; making it easier for Grendel to kill the men, without issue. In the movie, Grendel also goes into the hall at night to kill the Danes. However, when he arrives, the Danes are all awake.The Danes witnessed
Grendel’s killing. Grendel in both the movie and book, hates the Danes.

Beowulf promises the Geats that he will defeat Grendel bare-handed. Killing an unarmed man, evil or not, while armed is dishonourable. Written in the epic poem, Beowulf tears Grendel’s arm with his hands. The dismembered arm is then nailed to the wall to show Beowulf’s victory. Grendel was later found dead from bleeding out. In the movie, Grendel and Beowulf were tussling, when Beowulf slammed Grendel’s arm in the door, severing it. Grendel was also found dead from blood loss.

In the book, Grendel was written as a demon, whereas he was portrayed as a giant troll. His mother was written as a monster as well, but in the movie she was showed as a beauty. In the movie, Grendel’s beauty of a mother performed miracles