Grendel and the Monster for Frankenstein are very unique. They both are antiheros. The characters are lonely and just want friends and a companion to enjoy life with. Both of them are a little mislead and lose control when it gets tough for them.
Grendel is an intelligent monster capable of rational thought as well as irrational outbursts of emotion. Throughout the novel the Grendel often seems as human as the people he observes. As a descendant of the biblical Cain he shares a basic lineage with human beings. The novel follows Grendel through three stages of his life. The first stage is his childhood which he spends innocently exploring his confined world untroubled by the outside universe. Grendel’s discovery of the lake of firesnakes and …show more content…
He enters life eight feet tall and enormously strong but with the mind of a newborn. Abandoned by his creator and confused he tries to integrate himself into society only to be shunned universally. Looking in the mirror he realizes his physical grotesqueness an aspect of his persona that blinds society to his initially gentle kind nature. Seeking revenge on his creator he kills Victor’s younger brother. After Victor destroys his work on the female monster meant to ease the monster’s solitude, the monster murders Victor’s best friend and then his new wife.While Victor feels unmitigated hatred for his creation the monster shows that he is not a purely evil being. He assists a group of poor peasants and saves a girl from drowning, but because of his outward appearance he is rewarded only with beatings and disgust. Torn between vengefulness and compassion the monster ends up lonely and tormented by remorse. Even the death of his creator-turned-would-be-destroyer offers only bittersweet relief joy because Victor has caused him so much suffering, sadness because Victor is the only person with whom he has had any sort of
Grendel is an intelligent monster capable of rational thought as well as irrational outbursts of emotion. Throughout the novel the Grendel often seems as human as the people he observes. As a descendant of the biblical Cain he shares a basic lineage with human beings. The novel follows Grendel through three stages of his life. The first stage is his childhood which he spends innocently exploring his confined world untroubled by the outside universe. Grendel’s discovery of the lake of firesnakes and …show more content…
He enters life eight feet tall and enormously strong but with the mind of a newborn. Abandoned by his creator and confused he tries to integrate himself into society only to be shunned universally. Looking in the mirror he realizes his physical grotesqueness an aspect of his persona that blinds society to his initially gentle kind nature. Seeking revenge on his creator he kills Victor’s younger brother. After Victor destroys his work on the female monster meant to ease the monster’s solitude, the monster murders Victor’s best friend and then his new wife.While Victor feels unmitigated hatred for his creation the monster shows that he is not a purely evil being. He assists a group of poor peasants and saves a girl from drowning, but because of his outward appearance he is rewarded only with beatings and disgust. Torn between vengefulness and compassion the monster ends up lonely and tormented by remorse. Even the death of his creator-turned-would-be-destroyer offers only bittersweet relief joy because Victor has caused him so much suffering, sadness because Victor is the only person with whom he has had any sort of