Bored by the isolation of the Wild West‚ Grendel begins to pick up a drinking habit to kill time. It all started when he went out to hunt for food. He found an old woman living outside the town. After killing and eating her‚ Grendel found multiple jars with the word “XXX Granny’s Moonshine” written across it. Disgust by the spleen taste of the old woman in his mouth‚ Grendel decided to drink down the liquid to clean up his taste butt. He was hooked. On the weary night‚ a shadowy beast wandered into
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ever met” (Gardner 27). This quote is an example of why I think Grendel’s last words refer to a curse to mankind. Grendel believes mankind are the most dangerous and terrifying creatures out there and deserve to be cursed as they have treated him so bad. For example “But they were doomed‚ I knew‚ and I was glad. No denying it. Let them wander the fogroads of Hell” (Gardner 53). Grendel wishes
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characterization. An example of this is Grendel‚ the beast described in Beowulf‚ an epic poem‚ and in Grendel‚ a retelling of Beowulf from Grendel’s point of view. In Grendel‚ Grendel is speaking directly to the reader and is shown as a witty and reflective being‚ whereas in Beowulf he is described from a third party’s eye as a ghastly beast with no morals or mercy. However‚ both tales depict the character with raging and murderous tendencies. The viewpoint in which Grendel is written affects the characterization
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old-English Beowulf (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
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In the epic Beowulf‚ the people (known as the Danes) value a few things way over other things. The things they value the most is glory‚ fame‚ and the mead hall; called a “herot”. In the epic‚ there is a demon like monster that lives in the darkness of the land. Its name is Grendel. Grendel is against everything the Danes love‚ including the mead hall‚ and things such as fun and happiness. It pains him to see and hear people having fun. So to enact his revenge‚ in the night‚ he sneaks up to the herot
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Beowulf and Grendel can be compared and contrasted in various ways. Beowulf was a hero to the village who came to defeat the monster which was named Grendel. Grendel was the mean dangerous monster who was killing many villagers because of the harassing they were doing to him by annoying him. The village had kicked Grendel out of the village because he was a monster. Grendel was half human half monster. In this essay I will discuss how Grendel and Beowulf are alike and different‚ and how they were
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society. Grendel and the Anglo-Saxon society are an example of this. While the Anglo-Saxons went about their life‚ Grendel watched from a distance. Although Grendel had never been a part of the Anglo-Saxon society‚ he tried to understand them. In this scenario‚ Grendel is seen as the reject‚ being that he had tried to befriend them but was unsuccessful‚ which causes him to question life and act out. By comparing the Anglo-Saxon’s beliefs and attitude with Grendel’s‚ one can see that Grendel develops
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The novel Grendel by John Gardner portrays the main character‚ Grendel‚ into a different prospective compared to the poem‚ Beowulf by Burton Raffel. While in both texts‚ Grendel has been displayed as an ugly beast whom everyone runs in terror‚ in the novel‚ the author explains how much Grendel thinks like a human. Grendel from the novel is immensely different from Grendel in the Beowulf poem because of how these two characters are portrayed‚ their morals and the way they handle their death. In both
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In both stories Grendel is portrayed as a bad guy. In Grendel‚ Grendel 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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287 In the story of Beowulf there are lots of points that are not elaborated on in comparison to Grendel. Grendel gives much more of a story than Beowulf. The story Beowulf seems to be lacking so much detail in comparison to Grendel. Beowulf however from John Gardner’s perspective was shaped by a shaper‚ which could be a metaphor for the way man has selectively twisted their own story. However seemingly if you put together the plots of each story they are basically two halves of the same circle
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