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Grendel: A Powerful Monster
Grendel is a powerful monster and he lives in darkness. Grendel was waiting patiently until dark, he went up to Herot and snatched up thirty men, smashed them unknowing in their beds and ran out with their bodies back to his lair. The Anglo Saxon were warriors that were respectable, honorable, and glory. They all had a kinship between one and another. The men always met up in the mead hall, where they're drinking in a large central room spent doing everything. They also had a Fraternity together because they had a close bond between men. The Anglo Saxons were also great artists and story tellers. I chose this image because it represents the meaning of what Gretel did to the men that were sleeping. In the picture you see a man

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