Essays on Grendel

When pondering the question, ‘Did the character of Grendel remind you of someone you know?”, I firstly tried thinking of an individual who could possess some similar traits to Grendel. Evil, malicious, resentful, stealthy – no one came to mind. Then reality struck me to…

As seen throughout time, fighting and a lack of communication are known as an embodiment of a multitude of people and societies. Conflict is defined as the process of a disagreement or physical clash between two or more individuals or groups of distinctive values and…

In the poem Beowulf it argues that the character Grendel is portrayed as an evil monster that is born with no future. In John Gardner’s novel, Grendel is told from his point of view, so he doesn’t see anything wrong with killing people. Hrothgar is…

In the story Beowulf, there are many scenes of where Grendel, Grendel’s Mother, and Beowulf seem angry or disgusted. Grendel comes across vicious and always angry, but he is angry for a reason. Grendel is angry towards mankind because he feels that God is blessing…