And Grendel recognizes insanity during, “the twelfth year of my idiotic war” (Gardner), but yet he cannot feel and is “neither proud nor ashamed,” (Gardener) of the actions he had done and the live he had taken. So, through his “lonely war,” (Beowulf 13) he moves, not stopping his “death-dealing,” (Beowulf 13). Grendel kills in attempt to take away from those who can feel, since he is deprived of any feeling at all; except the jealousy in his heart. The Danes live in gluttony, feasting in happiness. This is the thing, which this condemned monster was deprived of, and he was forced to watch but never to feel, the force, ever pushing him to these infamous crimes. Grendel moves on through his tragic life, forever taking from those of which he cannot have. A lonely monster becomes a lonely thief, stealing from what others will not readily give:
And Grendel recognizes insanity during, “the twelfth year of my idiotic war” (Gardner), but yet he cannot feel and is “neither proud nor ashamed,” (Gardener) of the actions he had done and the live he had taken. So, through his “lonely war,” (Beowulf 13) he moves, not stopping his “death-dealing,” (Beowulf 13). Grendel kills in attempt to take away from those who can feel, since he is deprived of any feeling at all; except the jealousy in his heart. The Danes live in gluttony, feasting in happiness. This is the thing, which this condemned monster was deprived of, and he was forced to watch but never to feel, the force, ever pushing him to these infamous crimes. Grendel moves on through his tragic life, forever taking from those of which he cannot have. A lonely monster becomes a lonely thief, stealing from what others will not readily give: