Frankenstein And Grendel Comparison
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 the story plays out in a first-person point of view. This helps the reader create a connection with the reader as they go through his thoughts. John Gardner’s Grendel says, “I understood that the world was nothing; a mechanical chaos of casual, brute …show more content…
Frankenstein as he has perished due to his old age. He is found crying for his creator even though he had nothing but anger for him the monster is sorry as he loses the last piece of his past, and the only connection to humanity that he really head. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein says, “Soon these burning miseries will be extinct. I shall ascend my funeral pile triumphantly, and exult in the agony of the torturing flames. The light of that conflagration will fade away; my ashes will be swept into the sea by the winds. My spirit will sleep in peace or if it thinks it will not surely think thus. Farewell” (186). Here we find Frankenstein says that he will vanish into the world where he will never be seen or heard from again. Grendel and Frankenstein’s monster are very similar due to the fact that there particular books use a form of first person which enables us to be a part of their story. They both show how each character grows whether they grow to show hatred for human or grow to understand life they both grow. Both characters have very difficult situations as they both deal with deaths whether their own or someone they loved. All these situations and characteristics make these two characters and their situations very
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 the story plays out in a first-person point of view. This helps the reader create a connection with the reader as they go through his thoughts. John Gardner’s Grendel says, “I understood that the world was nothing; a mechanical chaos of casual, brute …show more content…
Frankenstein as he has perished due to his old age. He is found crying for his creator even though he had nothing but anger for him the monster is sorry as he loses the last piece of his past, and the only connection to humanity that he really head. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein says, “Soon these burning miseries will be extinct. I shall ascend my funeral pile triumphantly, and exult in the agony of the torturing flames. The light of that conflagration will fade away; my ashes will be swept into the sea by the winds. My spirit will sleep in peace or if it thinks it will not surely think thus. Farewell” (186). Here we find Frankenstein says that he will vanish into the world where he will never be seen or heard from again. Grendel and Frankenstein’s monster are very similar due to the fact that there particular books use a form of first person which enables us to be a part of their story. They both show how each character grows whether they grow to show hatred for human or grow to understand life they both grow. Both characters have very difficult situations as they both deal with deaths whether their own or someone they loved. All these situations and characteristics make these two characters and their situations very