In Seamus Heaney’s popular translation of Beowulf‚ Grendel is nothing but a lifeless monster with zero meaning on earth. Grendel is merely a spawned creature with zero signs of intellectual thought process or consciousness. Although Grendel’s life has zero meaning‚ his existence is a quintessential representation of undesired evil in a human beings life. Grendel’s representation is that of an abominable spirit portrayed through his physical build and birth‚ his evil motives‚ and the battle between
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Throughout the story‚ Grendel is trying to find the meaning of life. He is trying to understand the purpose of living‚ and was looking for something to steer him in the right direction. In Chapter five‚ when Grendel finally meets the dragon‚ he finally believes that he has found the meaning of life. Grendel begins his life by being an existentialist. He was basically alone when he was young‚ and was left to figure out the world around him with no help. It was confusing to him‚ and that is how
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good in the poem whereas Grendel‚ his mother‚ and Cain portrayed the contrasting side of evil. Beowulf and Grendel represented the ultimate struggle of good and evil. Grendel tried to destroy everything around him while Beowulf tried to do good all the time. The first battle between Beowulf and Grendel‚ Beowulf was God (good) and Grendel was Cain (evil). This was actually an allusion from the Bible‚ the story of Cain and was used to compare God’s feelings of Grendel‚ a descendant of Cain.
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being awaken‚ being invisible‚ and being muscular. According to the movie‚ Grendel goes to the Danes while they are awake‚ but in the book he goes to them while they are sleep. Grendel kills them. However‚ Grendel only kills them because he hears noise and it hurts his ears. Therefore‚ they make him go away by trying to burn him. Besides‚ in the book‚ Grendel snatches thirty men and smashes them‚ disturbing their dreams. Grendel thoughts were quick. According to the movie‚ Grendel’s mother is human
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Grendel is a man-eating demon that lives in the land of the Spear-Danes and attacks King Hrothgar’s mead-hall‚ Heorot‚ every evening. The narrator of Beowulf claims that Grendel’s motivation is hearing Hrothgar’s bard sing songs about God’s creation of the world‚ which rubs his demonic nature the wrong way. Whatever the reason‚ every night Grendel slaughters more Danes and feeds on their corpses after tearing them limb from limb. Although he can’t be harmed by the blade of any edged weapon‚ Grendel
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Throughout the novel Grendel goes back and forth between the two beliefs nihilism and existentialisms. Through the journey of figuring out the belief in life‚ he struggles for being a cultural outsider. Gardner makes it tough for Grendel to make a decision because just like Grendel there are other cultural outsiders like the Dragon who shares his philosophy with him. Philosophies of life have a wide variety for people to choose from like in Grendel by John Gardner. The main character‚ Grendel‚ travels on
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He showed that he was stronger than any other man by defeating Grendel and Grendel’s mother‚ something that no one else could accomplish. Beowulf was even able to inflict fear in Grendel. Beowulf also proved that he was more courageous than anyone. Beowulf would not use his weapons or his shield against his enemies if they did not have a weapon or shield. Beowulf was a respectful
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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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hero (Tolkien 24). The setting of this epic is the six century in Denmark and southern Sweden. The protagonist‚ Beowulf is a noble warrior represents the goodness battles against the evil monsters- Grendel‚ Grendel ’s mother and the fiery dragon in order to save his country. Beowulf ’s victory over Grendel and his mother shows the power of goodness can defeat the evil forces. Even though Beowulf is killed by the dragon in the end‚ his heroic death fulfills with courage and glory. He is selfless‚ even
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men versus monsters. This theme comes to light when Grendel is described: "The creature of evil‚ grim and fierce‚ was quickly ready‚ savage and cruel‚ and seized from their rest thirty thanes".(Norton 28) Heorot is a drinking hall‚ where warriors gather for parties and to get drunk. Heorot is a creation of civilization made by Hrothgar‚ for men to gather as a meeting place and a place to sleep. Hrothgar builds the biggest hall ever made. Grendel then attacks the hall for twelve winters straight
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