Theme Of Grendel In Beowulf

Grendel, Humorous but serious Grendel was a great book because of the multiple themes that it discusses throughout the entire story. It starts out as a humorous story having that "fight" with the goat which gives off a lighthearted vibe for the readers. Then as the story continues you start to notice the book getting more and more serious. It starts talking alot about God and thats a major theme for this book. Grendel is a complex "baby monster" trying to figure out and find his way according to society. Grendel has a hard time fitting in because he can't communicate with his mother or humans and his only monsterious thing is his appearance. It takes Grendel into a new perspective when told from Grendel's point of view. An important part is how Grendel begins to understand himself by what he isn't.
Grendel makes refrerences to how the Shaper's songs cannot possibly be true and how religion can cause people to believe things that others and they know aren't exactly true. Along with religious points made throughout the novel Grendal changes alot, like when he goes to talk with the Dragon and realizes that scarying the humans for fun is wrong and after these events it changes Grendel's point of view on life and society. In the book Grendel talks to the readers directly multiple times which rarely happens, and doing this causes a different feeling for the readers. Another great part about this book is even through all the serious notes and themes the book stil had a sense of humor, for example when Grendel gets in one of his fights with the