Grendel ’s Monstrosity Monstrosity is something that is outrageously or offensively wrong‚ and that is just what Grendel demonstrated in the epic poem‚ “Beowulf.” Grendel‚ who is the antagonist in this story‚ clearly showed he knew what he was doing when he hunted and murdered his prey. He even showed that he enjoyed slaughtering others. Through all this‚ he shows that he is explicitly evil and it was right for him to be put down like the animal he was. “That shadow of death hunted in the
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in John Gardner’s Grendel serves as a mentor for the main character‚ Grendel. Grendel visits the Dragon in his underground lair in hopes of finding purpose and meaning to his life of killing humans. However‚ Grendel quickly discovers that the Dragon has a unique viewpoint on life. The Dragon tells Grendel that he has the ability to see into the future‚ and‚ as a result of this vast knowledge‚ life has no real purpose. The river of time can not be slowed or altered. He tells Grendel that his place in
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his freedom.” This is the illusion breaker. This helps us lean toward the fact that Grendel is‚ in fact‚ a human. Grendel is fighting for his life‚ out of fear. If he were truly a monster‚ he would not feel the need to run from Beowulf. Secondly‚ the poet’s use of emotive words help us feel the murderous and twisted feelings of Grendel. The following quote is from line 394‚ “Grendel came‚ hoping to kill.” Grendel showed up to Herot with the intention to kill as many people as possible. He has to
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Grendel‚ generally seen as a monster or giant‚ is one of the main antagonists in the popular Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf. Portrayed as the epitome of evil‚ Grendel brutally attacks the meadhall of the Danes for twelve years before being defeated by the epic hero Beowulf. Gardner‚ through his book Grendel‚ creates a new point of view of these events through Grendel eyes‚ as Grendel learns about the humans and how they seem like wild animals in their actions. In Grendel by John Gardner‚ Gardner reveals
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In both works‚ Beowulf and Grendel‚ Grendel himself is generally given the same connotations. He is given kennings‚ called names‚ referred to as the evil spawn of Cain‚ and even viewed as a monster; but why? Why in both books is he a wicked‚ horrible‚ person who is harshly excluded from everyone? After stumbling upon John Gardner’s book‚ it was halfway expected that some excuse would be made for Grendel; that he wasn’t really the inexorable monster the thanes in Beowulf portrayed him as. But all
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Hrothgar’s people against the monster Grendel and his mother and help his own people from the fire dragon that was destroying their villages but his pride got in the way and he wound up dying when he did not have to die. Beowulf was a great warrior and a true hero‚ however his pride got the best of him‚ and a great king‚ that was trying to help his people had to die. In the beginning of the poem Hrothgar and his people were attacked by this monster named Grendel. There was no one around could defeat
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had a substantial amount of superhuman strength. Beowulf is an outrageously strong man. It even says he is the strongest on the earth on line ( 111 ). Beowulf is also strong when he’s in battle‚ when he’s fighting Grendel on line ( 324 ) he was holding himself up with one arm while Grendel is trying to grasp him. He clearly proves his superhuman strength on line ( 619 ) after he is finished fighting Grendel’s mother he goes to find
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monsters; the battle with Grendel and his devastating attacks to Heorot kingdom; the evil that lurks in Grendel ’s mother‚ the ruthless cunning and provocation are the arms of a devil with a thirst for revenge for the death of his son‚ and the defeat of the dragon in a last effort. Beowulf as the bee-wolf hero‚ murderer and rending of beasts and monsters. The poem recounts the arrival of Beowulf to Denmark to help with his 14 men warriors to defeat to the ogre Grendel. The poem describes the adventures
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Authors often have to choose between concentrating on either plot or social commentary when writing their novels; in John Gardener’s Grendel‚ any notion of a plot is forgone in order for him to share his thoughts about late sixties-early seventies America and the world’s institutions as a whole. While Grendel’s exploits are nearly indecipherable and yawn inducing‚ they do provide the reader with the strong opinions the author carries. This existentialistic novel can be seen clearly as a narrative
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is used in many scenes throughout the book. This Violence is shown especially when Beowulf fights Grendel and Grendel’s mother because of the way the author describes the battle. Grendel was a monster that had terrorized the city of Heorot for twelve winters before Beowulf came. The King of the Danes called him to fight the monster because of Beowulf’s previous accomplishment. The Violence Grendel uses against Heorot gives
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