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What Does Grendel Represent Evil

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Grendel, the first villain in the epic Beowulf, is portrayed as a demon from Hell and a descendant of Cain. He is twelve feet tall, with red eyes and ravening jaws. Grendel is somewhat like a man, with a head, two arms, and two legs, and he is described as such:
Grendel his name, hating the sound of the harp,
The minstrel’s song, the bold merriment of men
In whose distorted likeness he was shaped.

The narrator tells us that Grendel attacks Hrothgar’s mead hall every night, and that his incentive is the minstrel’s song and the happiness of men, which irritated him.

Grendel may represent the evil of the world, with Beowulf representing God [or an agent of God], the ultimate good, and Grendel represents evil as he kills Hrothgar’s men and disrupts the serenity of Heorot every night. …show more content…

He is the epitome of evil, and he inherited from his homicidal ancestor Cain. Cain was resentful of Abel, because God favored him. Comparably, Grendel is envious of the citizens of Heorot, because they are happy. His envy drove him to attack Heorot, as Cain killed Abel. Cain was unrepentant when his crime was discovered, and Grendel, too, shows no signs of remorse. Grendel was cast out by God as Cain was, and he is an enemy of God. Beowulf, who was aided by God, was the only one able to defeat him. He could not be defeated by an ordinary, un-aided,

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