The novels of Grendel and Frankenstein are very complex and emotion hitting stories. They tell of these two creatures out casted from their civilization or society and how they deal with these situations. Grendel, in the novel, has many similarities from the monster, in Frankenstein, because of their small amount of good they possess, the truth they are seeking of their origin, and the pain they feel of being outsiders. Through out the story, in both novels, Grendel and the monster are filled with hatred from some reason, and express this pain through violence. However, in some parts of the novel, they experience and show a sign that there is some sort of good in them. In Grendel he states, "When I was a child I truly loved: Unthinking love as calm and deep As the North Sea. But I have lived, and now I do not sleep" (116). This details that one time in his life he was a sincere and
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This effect they shared did cause the rising action in the plot and even the climax. In Grendel he states, "Why can't I have someone to talk to?" (53). He experienced this solitude in most parts of the story, mostly speaking to his mother. This loneliness was shared with the monster in Frankenstein as well. "But it was all a dream; no Eve soothed my sorrows nor shared my thoughts; I was alone." (95). The monster felt the same as Grendel did. In conclusion, there were many similarities and differences in the two novels. However, these were the two that arose my attention and outstood the rest. How the author presented these two characters in the experts, Grendel and Frankenstein, was well established. Mainly across the points of the small amount of good they possess, the truth they are seeking of their origin, and the pain of being an outsider. The way the authors without plan had the same themes, even though they were written in different times, gave the vision of it being a good story, that really interested
This effect they shared did cause the rising action in the plot and even the climax. In Grendel he states, "Why can't I have someone to talk to?" (53). He experienced this solitude in most parts of the story, mostly speaking to his mother. This loneliness was shared with the monster in Frankenstein as well. "But it was all a dream; no Eve soothed my sorrows nor shared my thoughts; I was alone." (95). The monster felt the same as Grendel did. In conclusion, there were many similarities and differences in the two novels. However, these were the two that arose my attention and outstood the rest. How the author presented these two characters in the experts, Grendel and Frankenstein, was well established. Mainly across the points of the small amount of good they possess, the truth they are seeking of their origin, and the pain of being an outsider. The way the authors without plan had the same themes, even though they were written in different times, gave the vision of it being a good story, that really interested