Grendel And Beowulf Comparison Essay

Two Faces, Two Sides The character Grendel in Gardner’s novel is a more contrasting character then the character Grendel in the epic poem “Beowulf” because of how developed and detailed the character is whereas Grendel in “Beowulf” is a more flat character with not much detail and complexity. In the beginning of the novel “Grendel” Grendel figures out why he is alone, why it is just him and his mother in that underground cave. When Grendel is stuck in a tree trunk watching the bull continuously ram itself into the tree. “I understood that the world was nothing a mechanical chaos of casual brute enmity...I understood that finally and absolutely I alone exist.” (Pg. 22-23) Grendel realizes how awful this world is when the bull is continuously ramming …show more content…
“I would back away into the darkness, furious at my stupid need to spy on them and I would glide to the next camp of men” (Pg. 33) Grendel is extremely fascinated by the humans even though he says he hates them deep down inside his curiosity side causes him to watch the humans. Grendel has a child like tendency to be intrigued with humans because all his life it was just him and his mother and now that he knows there is other beings he wants satisfy his curiosity by examining them. Grendel is fascinated by the humans because he doesn’t understand them just yet that’s why he is curious because he wants to know more about them.
Grendel in the epic poem “Beowulf” is known a pure evil because of all the murders he has committed in Herot’s Hall. “That shepherd of evil. That guardian of crime.” (309) Grendel is only known as a monster to the Dane’s and nothing because all Grendel really did was kill them. Grendel’s character is the serial killer in a horror movie their character just causes the issue their
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