Grendel and Modern Day Society
Grendel and modern-day society may not have many things in common from an outside point of view, but when one starts to examine it they are alike in more ways than one would realize. Beowulf's Grendel and modern-day society have similarities and differences; however sometimes the similarities outweigh the differences. The modern-day society of today's world is one completely opposite of the society in Beowulf. In Beowulf's time, what caused destruction is Grendel, the monster. He was a descendant of Cain, automatically unwelcome on earth. “...Conceived by a pair of those monsters born/ of Cain, murderous creatures banished/ By God, punished forever for the crime/ Of Abel’s death.” (Raffel 20-23). Some citizens in today's society like Grendel …show more content…
(insert textual evidence). Beowulf came and conquered Grendel with no trouble as it seems. Rather the people of America stay put, one may want to do someting about all the damage being done in their smalltowns; although one doesnt do anything except sit back and watch it all unfold. They are afraid, scared of what the outcome may be if they were to interact and try to stop it as beowulf stopped Grendel. Grendel was limited on where he could go, he could not touch Hrothgars throne for it was protected by God. " In Herot, when the night hid him, he never/ Dared to touch king Hrothgar's glorious/ Throne, protected by God-God,/ Whose love Grendel could not know." (Raffel 82-85). Criminals and people in general have no morals or respect anymore. They do as they please and destroy everything in their path. The similarites and differnces between Grendel and modern day society have more in common than one cares to admit. One reads about a horrible monster and thinks that he has nothing in common with todays world. When in all actuality he has more things in common than he has
Grendel and modern-day society may not have many things in common from an outside point of view, but when one starts to examine it they are alike in more ways than one would realize. Beowulf's Grendel and modern-day society have similarities and differences; however sometimes the similarities outweigh the differences. The modern-day society of today's world is one completely opposite of the society in Beowulf. In Beowulf's time, what caused destruction is Grendel, the monster. He was a descendant of Cain, automatically unwelcome on earth. “...Conceived by a pair of those monsters born/ of Cain, murderous creatures banished/ By God, punished forever for the crime/ Of Abel’s death.” (Raffel 20-23). Some citizens in today's society like Grendel …show more content…
(insert textual evidence). Beowulf came and conquered Grendel with no trouble as it seems. Rather the people of America stay put, one may want to do someting about all the damage being done in their smalltowns; although one doesnt do anything except sit back and watch it all unfold. They are afraid, scared of what the outcome may be if they were to interact and try to stop it as beowulf stopped Grendel. Grendel was limited on where he could go, he could not touch Hrothgars throne for it was protected by God. " In Herot, when the night hid him, he never/ Dared to touch king Hrothgar's glorious/ Throne, protected by God-God,/ Whose love Grendel could not know." (Raffel 82-85). Criminals and people in general have no morals or respect anymore. They do as they please and destroy everything in their path. The similarites and differnces between Grendel and modern day society have more in common than one cares to admit. One reads about a horrible monster and thinks that he has nothing in common with todays world. When in all actuality he has more things in common than he has