Grendel And The Monster In Frankenstein
Grendel in the novel shares many of the problems as the Monster in Frankenstein does. Grendel and The Monster both share suffering, isolation from mankind, and their monstrosity towards mankind.
Grendel and the Monster both share their isolation by being exiled from mankind’s society due to their “monster” characteristics. In the novel Grendel, Grendel says to himself, “So it goes with me day by day and age by age, I tell myself. Locked in the deadly progression of moon and stars. I shake my head, muttering darkly on shaded paths, holding conversation with the only friend and comfort this world allows me. My shadow (Gardner 8)”. Grendel doesn’t understand why he is who he is but the misery he experiences is the loneliness he faces throughout the years. In the novel Frankenstein, the Monster says to himself, “And what was I? Of my creation and creator I was absolutely ignorant, but I knew that I possessed no money, no friends, and no kind of property. I was, besides endued with a figure hideously deformed and loathsome; I was not even …show more content…
In the novel Grendel, Grendel says, “He told of an ancient feud between two brother which split all the world into darkness and light. And I, Grendel was in the dark side, he said in effect. The terrible race God cursed (Gardner 51)”. Grendel believes the Sharpers story of the beginning of mankind, that he is the son of Cain, being chosen in the dark side of the world that he is inherently evil from his ancestor. In the novel Frankenstein, the monsters says “Children shrieked, and one of the women fainted. The whole village was roused; some fled, some attacked me, until, grievously bruised by stones and many other kinds of missile weapons, I escaped to the open country and fearfully took refuge (Shelly 75)”. The Monster is attacked by the villagers because of the Monsters appearance. The monster was attempting
Grendel and the Monster both share their isolation by being exiled from mankind’s society due to their “monster” characteristics. In the novel Grendel, Grendel says to himself, “So it goes with me day by day and age by age, I tell myself. Locked in the deadly progression of moon and stars. I shake my head, muttering darkly on shaded paths, holding conversation with the only friend and comfort this world allows me. My shadow (Gardner 8)”. Grendel doesn’t understand why he is who he is but the misery he experiences is the loneliness he faces throughout the years. In the novel Frankenstein, the Monster says to himself, “And what was I? Of my creation and creator I was absolutely ignorant, but I knew that I possessed no money, no friends, and no kind of property. I was, besides endued with a figure hideously deformed and loathsome; I was not even …show more content…
In the novel Grendel, Grendel says, “He told of an ancient feud between two brother which split all the world into darkness and light. And I, Grendel was in the dark side, he said in effect. The terrible race God cursed (Gardner 51)”. Grendel believes the Sharpers story of the beginning of mankind, that he is the son of Cain, being chosen in the dark side of the world that he is inherently evil from his ancestor. In the novel Frankenstein, the monsters says “Children shrieked, and one of the women fainted. The whole village was roused; some fled, some attacked me, until, grievously bruised by stones and many other kinds of missile weapons, I escaped to the open country and fearfully took refuge (Shelly 75)”. The Monster is attacked by the villagers because of the Monsters appearance. The monster was attempting