Essay On Personal Situation In Beowulf

            There is a stage in everyone’s life where they feel they are not accepted by someone or something. Whether it is because of one’s age, appearance, or emotional and mental stability, a sense of disproval and isolation appears to be glaring through the eyes of society. Throughout Grendel’s life, he is shunned from humanity for he was viewed as something of destruction and harm. However, not one person ever took the time out to see Grendel’s true personality or really discover what he was all about. When facing the realities of the cruel world, Grendel found himself severely struggling with some psychological deficiencies. After performing multiple psychoanalysis tests on Grendel’s behavior, his

He is attacked and killed due to Beowulf believing he is a creature that must be killed. In Beowulf it’s harder for the humans to see that Grendel is ‘The innocent’, as they see a creature that “ripped open the mouth of the building, maddening for blood, pacing the length of the patterned floor with his loathsome tread” (49). Demonstrating, that by the views of the warriors in the novel they see a beast that want to destroy everything in its surroundings. That he does not want anything more, than violence and fear. Furthermore, Grendel is seen as ‘the shadow-stalker, stealthy and swift” (47) exemplifying that humans see him as a creature that knows what he is doing. That knows that he will fight with the warriors of the Geats and

A Change in the Innocent When struggling to find out who you are, other people's opinions can heavily influence how you see yourself. Grendel is a main character in John Gardener’s, Grendel, who is perceived as a monster and described as the “creature of darkness”. Human’s opinions of him left him feeling insecure and alone in his own body. Because of this, Grendel’s identity has changed throughout the story for the worse, leading to him having a dreadful encounter with the almighty Beowulf, who is described as a god, and sealing his fate. Grendel s opinions of himself were based on others and it shaped him into what we know him as today.

A Twist of Fate for the Great Hero Beowulf Fate seems to be an ongoing theme in the works of Boethius and Beowulf. Whether it is a belief of Christian providence or pagan fatalism, the writers of these works are strongly moved by the concept of fate and how it affects the twists and turns of a person’s life. Fate is most often seen as the course of events in a person’s life that leads them to inevitable death at some time or another.

Grendel was initially curious by nature, not cruel or vicious. He sought to explore and understand his world and the creatures in it, including the humans. Grendel

The story of Grendel by John Gardner is told in the monster Grendel’s perspective. In Grendel the monster tells his side of the story of why and how he attacked the humans for so long. The story goes back in time to tell of his childhood and the struggles he had gone through. Grendel tells us every detail there was to know from what he thought to how he killed. Later in the story on Grendel’s last year of war he encounters a man names Beowulf, the hero of Danes. This so-called hero comes to save King Hrothgar’s people in Herot because of Grendel killing his men. Good is what is morally right, and evil is the immoral thing to do. In Grendel the theme of good and evil gives readers a new point of view on how they are portrayed.

Grendel is a monster. Although it’s not exactly “ethical” to judge one by their appearance, and as shown in other stories such as Frankenstein, one knows a monster when they see one. Grendel has trouble finding his place in the world, because he doesn’t feel different than the humans; however they see him as different. Throughout the story Grendel cycles through a variety of beliefs in an attempt to discover who he really is.

Ignorance is the real nature of the relationship in these two books in that maybe it was meant to be that way for a reason; and if we'd just get the chance to be exposed to the painful, existential ways Grendel lived his life, we'd realize it could happen to anyone. But we could also realize that we refuse to let it happen; and is the real meaning of Grendel. Mankind does have a

In the story, Grendel, Grendel is faced with many problems to affect his lifestyle. Throughout the story, Grendel is looked upon as the monster and villain of the story. There is a lot of hate and love for Grendel, but at the end it is all hate. Grendel’s action may look as a depraved living being, but Grendel cannot change or fix it. With all the influences he has received from the dragon to the way he grew up, resulted in Grendel as a monster with his own beliefs.

In order to live a happy life you should always treat others the way you would want to be treated. The effectiveness and satisfaction of your life will be enhanced if you recognize there are two sides to everything, and understand that there is more to someone or something that meets the eye. In John Gardner's Grendel, he presents Grendel as a truly unique character, who doesn’t clearly understand the meaning of life and is continuously bullied over the way he looks and acts. Through John Gardner’s establishment of humanlike qualities in Grendel’s character, he presents a clear example of how there are really two sides to every story and life is a gift.

The story of Beowulf is a heroic epic, chronicling the distinguished deeds of the great Geatish warrior, Beowulf, who travels across the seas to rid the Danes of the evil monster Grendel, who has been inflicting destruction and terrorizing the kingdom. Beowulf is glorified for his heroic deeds of ridding the land fiendish monsters and stopping the scourge of evil, while the monster, Grendel, is portrayed as a repugnant creature who deserves death for its evil actions. However, many have disagreed with such a simplistic and biased representation of Grendel and his role in the epic poem. John Gardner in his book, Grendel, sets out to change the reader’s perception of Grendel and his role in Beowulf by narrating the story through Grendel’s point of view. John Gardner transforms Grendel, once perceived as an evil fiend in Beowulf, into a lonely but intelligent outcast who is actually quite similar to humans, due to his intelligence capacity for rational thought and his real, and at times irrational emotions. Gardner portrays Grendel as a hurt individual and as a victim of oppression, ostracized from civilization. Although the two works revolve around the same basic plot,, the themes and characters in Beowulf and Grendel are often different and sometimes contradictory.

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