Juxtaposition In Beowulf

One of the major juxtaposition presented in the poem is the battle between good and evil. Evil, illustrated in three forms of Grendel, Grendel mother, and the dragon. Nevertheless, the first mentioned of evil is Grendel himself and his behavior. Grendel’s character of the story demonstrates feelings of greed and the sin of man. The poet begins to describe the first evil of the story, Grendel a descendant of Cain and accused, are biblical reference of the genetic curse blood line. Cain jealously killed his brother, committing the first murder in the bible. “For the killing of Abel”, Cain’s accusations of the death of his brother brought God, the creator, to outlaw and condemning Cain as an outcast. These specific characteristics, “outlawed”