Grendel And Beowulf Compare And Contrast

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In the story Beowulf there’s a monster called Grendal. Grendel is evil he loves the darkness. Grendel haves a good strength he also likes to hunt people at night while they’re sleeping. He is also powerful, and fear anything. There’s a hero called Beowulf Grendel biggest competition and toughest match. Grendel killed many men. They both are powerful , but Beowulf has the strongest . they are kept separated.
Beowulf gets a message from Hrothgar that he need help . Beowulf and his men crossed the sea to enter hrothgar kingdom. Grendel likes to hunt at night, but since Beowulf cant do much , because he will have to go through Beowulf first. And them two together is a powerful match. As Beowulf and Grendel fight Grendel fought for his freedom,

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