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    of Beowulf and John Gardner’s Grendel. Both novels are based on the idea of Beowulf killing Grendel. However‚ the two different points of view telling the story create vastly different novels. Beowulf highlights the heroic and positive world in which Beowulf lives. Whereas Grendel elucidates on the miserable life that Grendel is circumscribed to. The consistent variance in tone skews the events in two completely different directions. The tone between Beowulf and Grendel differ in perception‚ righteousness

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    so). To appear weak‚ to appear soft-spoken‚ and to appear unimportant was social suicide‚ whether you actually were these things or not. For example‚ the old king‚ hindered by old age‚ loses a dangerous amount of moral from his people from allowing Grendel to attack the hall every night for twelve years. I have only read the first half of Beowulf thus far and will post an update next week. However‚ Beowulf’s actions nor words have seemed overly prideful to me. My viewpoint may be different than others

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    english story about a viking warrior who fights monsters written roughly 1000 AD. Grendel is a derivative novel written in 1971 by John Gardner. While the two works contain roughly the same events‚ how those events are portrayed is vastly different. I have read parts of each work during the last few weeks. The main difference between the two works is how the portray the monster‚ Grendel. While both works feature Grendel as a monster who is immune to swords and engages in a twelve year war with Hrothgar

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    How are monsters created? The question whether people are born evil or are transformed has been around forever. The Creature from Frankenstein‚ written by Mary Shelley‚ and Grendel from Grendel‚ written by John Gardner‚ had similar situations. Grendel was a beast who had no communication with humans or any other living creature. He could understand the humans‚ but they could not understand him. He could not even communicate with his mom because she had forgotten the language long ago. He was isolated

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    No One Is Truly Noble

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    Persuasive Speech. No One Is Truly Noble Lofty‚ elevated‚ high-minded‚ principled‚ magnanimous‚ honorable‚ estimable‚ worthy‚ meritorious‚ these all mean noble. Who here thinks everyone is noble? Or at least some are noble? Want to know what I think? Well I think no one is truly noble. Many people have suffered from being put down by the ones closest to them. Every time someone trusts a person with all her heart

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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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    (Heaney) and the modern-day film Beowulf and Grendel (Gunnarsson) due to the cultural difference between the Middle ages and Modern time. More details entered the film to appeal to a more modern audience that requires reason and details. The old English poem held no use for complexity to tantalize the reader. Additions that add complexity to Grendel’s character in Beowulf and Grendel include backstories and new characters. In Beowulf‚ the epic‚ it states‚ “Grendel was the name of this grim demon haunting

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    Grendel One of the most compelling and highly developed characters in the novel Grendel‚ written by John Gardner‚ and the poem Beowulf‚ written by an anonymous poet‚ is the monster‚ Grendel. Even though these pieces show two different sides to Grendel they are similar in many ways. Grendel evokes sympathy toward the hideous monster by making him seem like the victim‚ while Beowulf portrays him as being the most loathsome of enemies. The reasons behind Grendel’s being‚ his killing‚

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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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    Beowulf and Grendel are both based off of the Anglo-Saxon’s oral tale of the Geat hero Beowulf. Both stories take place between 500–600 A.D. in Denmark during the invasions of England by the Scandinavians. The story of Beowulf was first written by catholic monks in about 725 A.D. and tells the story about the Geat hero Beowulf coming to help the Danes take care of an evil monster named Grendel. In contrast the modern interpretation of the story of Beowulf written by John Gardner‚ called Grendel‚ tells

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