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    The Grendel and Beowulf Aspects of Myself Someone once said‚ “The things you hate most in others‚ are the things you hate most in yourself.” I see two sides of people: their positive side‚ and their negative side. Most of me‚ my Grendel aspect‚ wants to see the negative sides of people. It is easy to fall into the familiar habit of just noticing all the bad qualities about a person. However‚ my Beowulf aspect strives to see the best and positive qualities of people‚ and aims to put aside their

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    In both stories Grendel is portrayed as a bad guy. In GrendelGrendel can talk and basically just wants a friend to torment‚ while in Beowulf he doesn’t talk and is defeatable when fought. In the story Grendel‚ you can tell by the way he talks that he is fueled by killing. It gives him a certain rush that serial killers get while killing. I was able to understand Grendel in a way because he was lonely‚ scared and found something to do‚ which excited him; but all he really wanted was a friend. In

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    Literary Analysis Paper English 4 Mrs. Bodine Due: April 2‚ 2008. Directions: Write a one-and-a-half page essay analyzing no more than one literary element (topics are on bottom). Review pages 180-216 in your purple Elements of Language book that you have in the classroom. These pages will provide an example paper and we will discuss the paper in class. There are two examples of a literary analysis paper within these pages. Your essay will be graded using the 6-trait writing rubric

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    of Beowulf‚ there are many ways that represents about the evil of Grendel had describes a conflict that between the courage‚ the mighty‚ power‚ loyal in warrior‚ and the demons that happening itself in this story. Of course‚ Grendel is one of the fiend and a devil in this story that represents as an evil in the society and the world. Grendel also be an enemy of the God‚ and the God sends the heroic like Beowulf to defeat Grendel in the mead-hall and become a representation of evil in society. Thus

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    Grendel Major Works Notes Title Grendel by John Gardner (American) Original date of publication: 1971 by Knopf‚ Inc. Gardner writes this from Grendel’s point of view in Beowulf‚ an Old English heroic poem‚ where Grendel is the antagonist Setting: Time: 4th ~5th century A.D. Place: Denmark Social environment: 1. Grendel is lonely * Nobody understands him except the dragon * He can’t understand his own mother. * The only ones he can understand other than

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    today’s society‚ Beowulf and Grendel (Gunnarsson)‚ the movie integrated material to relate it to a more modern audience. Engenderments companies predicated the way they make their movies on the way society accepts things and on the cultural views of their audience. For example‚ in Beowulf (Heaney) the apes Beowulf subjugated the “demon monster”‚ Grendel just for glory. In antithesis‚ the film Beowulf was more compassionate and cared to ken what they Danes had done to upset Grendel for him to optate to kill

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    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

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    Literary Analysis : This story is about a boy who pretty much has a front row seat to witness the horrible things that we see being broadcasted on the news today; such as racism. Huck knows that the racists situations that he is witnessing around him are wrong in the eyes of society‚ but in his heart he knows what’s right‚ which is why he chose to help Jim. Throughout the adventure ‚ Huck struggles with the thoughts of turning Jim in‚ not because he knows it’s the right thing to do but because he

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    character’s roster was Grendel’s son. 5.Some could argue that it’s an attempt to portray Grendel as a fatherly figure. 6.There could be many possible outcomes that can explain as to why this particular character was chosen to be in the movie. 7.Grendel knew then and there all he wanted was revenge on Hrothgar‚ the murderer of his father. 8.The addition of the child was

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    Literary Analysis Research Paper by David A. James The type of research paper required in most sophomore literature courses is generally referred to as a literary analysis research paper because its focus must be on an element of the literary work‟s construction as a piece of literature—for example‚ an element such as the work‟s characters or conflict or symbolism or theme‚ or perhaps two or more related literary elements [such as the interrelated elements of conflict development and theme

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