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    Grendel - Sympathy

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    Grendel – Sympathy When Beowulf is retold from Grendel’s point of view many different assumptions can be made when evaluating and comparing Grendel to Beowulf. The sympathy‚ which Grendel withholds‚ represents his innocence and how he isn’t just a “monster.” Due to this reason‚ readers feel very sympathetic towards Grendel compared to Beowulf due to the fact that he is incoherent to the many actions humans perform. Readers who have read Beowulf notice the different in Grendel’s character

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    Beowulf and Grendel

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    Grendel as a Bully or Grendel as Pleasant Have you ever heard the same story twice and had a different view on the story the second time you heard it? This is what happened in the novel Grendel by John Gardner; it was a retelling of the epic poem Beowulf just Gardner gave the reader an insight to what it was like to be in Grendel’s shoes. Although these two stories had a similar background‚ a main difference in the two was the perception at which each of the stories was told. Grendel was told

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    Grendel In Beowulf

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    Grendel is one of the three major antagonists in the poem "Beowulf". We are told he is a monster and a descendant of the biblical figure "Cain" early on in the text. "Till the monster stirred‚ that demon‚ that fiend/Grendel who haunted the moors‚ the wild /Marshes‚ and made his home in a hell./Not hell but hell on earth. He was spawned in that slime/Of Cain‚ murderous creatures banished/ By God‚ punished forever for the crime/ Of Abel ’s death." (Lines 101-108). Although Grendel is likely the poem

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    Grendel and Obj

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    answers the question. Comprehension The questions below refer to the selections “from Beowulf‚ Part One‚” “from Grendel‚” “Life in 999: A Grim Struggle‚” and “from Beowulf‚ Part Two.” ____ 1. Beowulf slays Grendel in order to — |a. |save Hrothgar and the Danes from the monster | |b. |prevent Grendel from invading the land of the Geats | |c. |keep

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    Grendel In Beowulf

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    Grendel represents the Anglo-Saxons’ greatest fears of being destroyed and forgotten forever. And while today‚ we are better able to protect ourselves physically from outside terror‚ the fearful destruction he represents is still present. Grendel‚ Cain’s descendant‚ begins his nighttime assault on Heorot hall. He heartlessly kills and often eats the sleeping Anglo-Saxons. The poet recalls this terrible time for the Danes: So Grendel ruled‚ fought with the righteous‚ One against many‚ and won; so

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    Grendel Essay

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    have. In the novel Grendel by John Gardner‚ a monster named Grendel‚ who was once depicted as a complete evil creature in the epic poem Beowulf‚ tells the monster’s side of the story through it’s own eyes. By reading the text in the novel Grendel a person can realize that the monster Grendel was seeking attention and acceptance from the Danes‚ who were the human civilization which Grendel encountered on a daily basis. The author Gardner used this portrayal of the monster Grendel in the third person

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    Grendel : Evil

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    In the novel‚ Grendel by John Gardener‚ Grendel is a human-like creature capable of rational thought as well as feeling emotions. Early on in the story Gardener depicts Grendel as being very observant‚ critical and somewhat spiteful of the world around him. He describes himself as a murderous monster who smells of death and crouches in the shadows. Grendel watches the humans from the shadows of the trees and at first it seems as though they are the real monsters‚ slaughtering and pillaging all for

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    Grendel In Beowulf

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    setting and a supernatural being or god-like image. Grendel‚ has similar characteristics with Cain in genesis 4:1-6. The familiar story explains how Cain was jealous and showed hatred towards his brother Abel. This was the same way with Grendel‚ how he hated the people in Heorot and the Danes. “Conceived by a pair of those born Of Cain‚ murderous creatures banished By God‚ punished forever for the crime of Abel’s death.” (Beowulf 105-107). Grendel on the other hand‚ had a cursed life which made him

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    Battle With Grendel

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    Out from the marsh‚ from the foot of misty              Hills and bogs‚ bearing God’s hatred‚              Grendel came‚ hoping to kill  395     Anyone he could trap on this trip to high Herot.              He moved quickly through the cloudy night‚              Up from his swampland‚ sliding silently              Toward that gold-shining hall. He had visited Hrothgar’s              Home before‚ knew the way—  400     But never‚ before nor after that night‚              Found Herot defended so firmly

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    The Battle With Grendel

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    Hrothgar and his followers leave Herot‚ and Beowulf and his warriors remain to spend the night. Beowulf reiterates his intent to fight Grendel without a sword and‚ while his followers sleep‚ lies waiting‚ eager for Grendel to appear. THE BATTLE WITH GRENDEL 235 Out from the marsh‚ from the foot of misty Hills and bogs‚ bearing God’s hatred‚ Grendel came‚ hoping to kill Anyone he could trap on this trip to high Herot. He moved quickly through the cloudy night‚ Up from his swampland

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