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    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 GrendelGrendel 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

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    Grendel vs. Frankenstein

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    Grendel and Frankenstein are two monsters whose society ignores their existence and find them to be burdensome to their society based on the mere fact that they are not like the rest of their surrounding man-kind. Grendel and Frankenstein both strive to accept their place in the views of their surrounding peoples. Although their sporadic happiness comes from them engaging in fights and killing members of their societies‚ they learn to accept their place within the societies by coping with their

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    in place so‚ the smallest defect can cause the gears to malfunction and generate chaos within the entire system. Correspondingly‚ Grendel in the novel and the monster in Frankenstein resemble these defects. Their being amongst their surrounding societies makes them realize what outcasts they are. Grendel in the novel is somewhat similar to the monster in Frankenstein because both are pained to not being able to accommodate with people‚ both are rejected by people‚ and both compare their situations

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    Who Is Grendel A Monster

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    They think he is a monster. While it is true that he is of the bloodline of Cain‚ it has not always been that he has despised the people who live in the village. Not too long ago in space there were two totally different planets. Planet Anglo-Saxon and planet X‚ planet Anglo-Saxon is a kingdom to the humans and dominated by King Harold. While planet X is the home to outlaws or as other people call the “monsters”‚which is dominated by an evil Queen who is the mother of Grendel. Grendel is the cyborg prince

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    Grendel and the “Monster” The character of Grendel in John Gardner’s is more appealing than the “monster” in the novel Frankenstein by Mary W. Shelley because they both use of first-person point of view‚ they both show how the characters grow‚ and they both have difficult situations in the end. In the book Grendel by John Gardner you are taken on a journey through the mind of Grendel the beast that terrorized the land of old Denmark. In this story you get to experience what Grendel is thinking as

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    The Emotions of Grendel the Monster Emotions are not just for humans. Animals have emotions too yet do we dub them human? No‚ we don’t‚ even though they too feel anger‚ sadness‚ and pain Grendel‚ thou he is a monster‚ has emotions. Would anyone consider him human? No‚ we all consider him a bloodthirsty monster. Animals‚ when they lose someone in their group they mourn. We feel their pain. Grendel takes away our family for food and fun. He feels joy from our pain and suffering. We should

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    Grendel‚ the first antagonist in the epic poem Beowulf‚ is most definitely a monster. To even compare him to a "rambunctious youth" is irrational. The narrator emphasizes his monster-like qualities and even refers to him as a monster. The diction deliberately portrays him as evil‚ as do Grendel’s own actions. <br> <br>The beginning line of the passage is ‚ "A powerful monster …". In line 16-17‚ the narrator goes further by saying‚ "… the monster stirred‚ that demon‚ that fiend‚ Grendel‚ …". The

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    these beings are made to grow in a world they do not know‚ to fend for themselves. The beings‚ Grendel and the Monster of Frankenstein‚ charge their way through a world that despises them‚ searching for companionship‚ for acceptance‚ and for their self-worth. Try as they might‚ they cannot succeed and their sorrow turns to

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    allows to us to rein over the animal world. In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley‚ Shelley examines how being human correlates directly with division of power in society by delineating the physical and emotional interactions between both Frankenstein and the monster throughout the novel. At the start of the book‚ Shelley depicts Doctor Victor Frankenstein as a human figure who is able to control his creation’s future. However‚ as time passes‚ Frankenstein becomes increasingly inhumane and his sanity is

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    14th centuries‚ the word “monster” derives from monstrum‚ a Latin word for an aberration that denotes something wrong with the natural order. Although mentioning the word “monster” usually evokes gruesome images of unhuman creatures that behave both primitively and aggressively‚ in reality‚ the word incorporates so much more‚ revealing deep truths about the way humans see themselves and others. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ this contrast between two perceptions of monsters is evident – on the surface

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