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    correctly 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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    Beowulf: An Epic Hero In the story Beowulf translated by Burton RaffelBeowulf was an epic hero. He crossed the open sea‚ fought the monster Grendel with his bare hands‚ and he killed Grendel’s mother. Beowulf is an epic hero because he crossed a parlous sea to save a village from a man-eating monster named Grendel. Beowulf had to sail on a small ship through massive storms and sea monsters infested waters to travel to a place he knew nothing about. Beowulf had traveled to a village where

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    16 February 2015  Grendel  The figurative language and imagery found in ​ Beowulf​  elaborately depict a tale of heroism and fate‚  complete with allusions‚ foreshadowing‚ alliterations‚ metaphors‚ and the like. Many of these literary devices  are woven through Grendel’s place in the story‚ describing him as Cain’s spawn and giving life to his anger.  The author allows the reader to experience the terror that men in the mead hall felt when Grendel claimed the  lives of those among them. Beowulf is drawn together with great thought and skill

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    English 12A Unit I: Part Two “Focus on Literary Forms: The Epic” from Beowulftranslated by Burton Raffel Name_________________________________________________ Date____________________ Vocabulary Builder Word List (p. 38) loathsome massive purge reparation solace writhing A. DIRECTIONS: For each underlined word‚ substitute a word or phrase with the same meaning. Write it in the blank following the sentence. 1. Only a hero of Beowulf’s strength

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    Who is the Real Grendel? “Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.” (Phaedrus) This quote applies directly to man’s perception of Grendel in Beowulf as translated by Burton Raffel. The true character of Grendel is revealed in Grendel by John Gardener. These two works show Grendel as a bloodthirsty monster that murders warriors within King Hrothgar’s hall. Grendel is characterized in very different ways in these two depictions. They agree that Grendel led an angry unhappy

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    Point of View in Grendel and Beowulf Contrasting points of view in Grendel and Beowulf significantly alter the reader’s perception of religion‚ good and evil‚ and the character Grendel. John Gardner’s book‚ Grendel‚ is written in first person. The book translated by Burton RaffelBeowulf‚ is written in third person. Good and evil is one of the main conflicts in the poem Beowulf. How is Grendel affected by the concepts of good and evil? Grendel is an alienated individual

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    Perspectives in Beowulf

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    The story of Grendel‚ written by John Gardner‚ tells the tale of Beowulf‚ but from a slightly different angle. Instead of talking of Beowulf as being the hero‚ the story is told from Grendel ’s perspective. During the course of the book‚ Grendel attempts to explain many of his misguided attempts at friendship and other ways that he tried to make Beowulf understand that he was a living creature as well. He was treated as a monster‚ but he was not as hateful and horrible as he was made out to be in

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    Beowulf takes place during the period of time in which the Anglo-Saxons began to convert from Paganism to Christianity. Due to this major change there is controversy on whether or not Beowulf himself identifies as a Pagan or Christian. However‚ Beowulf does express the beliefs of both. Unlike the Pagans‚ he expresses love for his people‚ but also demonstrates his capabilities of being a fierce warrior. Throughout the poem‚ he displays that both Paganism and Christianity influence his values such

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    I have just completed the reading of Beowulf‚ which was translated by Burton Raffel. <br> <br>1) Beowulf is an extremely exciting and fascinating story about a character who lived in medieval Europe. The shocking thing for me about this work was to find out that it is the earliest poem in a modern European language. Beowulf is to the English what Homer and the Odyssey were to the Greeks. Although this is the earliest poem‚ it is still fun and exciting to read. I didn’t believe that a poem which has

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    It is forbidden! Excuse me‚ madam‚ it is forbidden smoking in the restaurant. - Where Can I smoke then? - You can smoke on the terrace. - On the terrace? Then that! No thank you! - Madam‚ please! Do not smoke here I’d like a room‚ please. For one person. - For a person ... Agree. Give me your passport‚ please ... Ah! You have a dog? -Yes. - I’m sorry‚ sir‚ but you can not take your dog with you in the room. - But how? ! Excuse me‚ ma’am‚ you can not use your laptop. - What

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