Grendel As A Monster In Beowulf

In the story Beowulf, the antagonist is a monster named Grendel. Readers can identify that Grendel’s power, bloodthirst, and hatred led him to decide to kill and eat innocent people. Grendel liked the fact that he easily overpowered men and could easily kill them off. Due to the fact that Grendel was a descendant of Cain, he was exiled by God and because of sin, he hated both God and those who worshipped him. Just like Cain, Grendel chooses all of his personal behaviours. Just like Cain chose to kill his brother Abel, Grendel decides to react on thoughts and feelings in the same way. Grendel becomes a monster because of his poor choices. You could say Grendel becomes monster-like to the humans because all of his choices are aimed at them. Grendle chooses to eat people rather than animals, he chooses to see humans as animals rather than people, and chooses to be an enemy to Beowulf. Grendel makes a personal choice to eat people rather than animals The way that Grendel approaches humans makes them feel as if he is a demon. In his mind, his actions are justified because he chooses to allow the people to think that he is evil. The way he acts proves that all …show more content…
He sees the human existence as meaningless. He does not understand the meaning of love between humans. He has never had friendship or companionship. He doesn't know how to respond to those human characteristics. He has never experienced family life and the importance of manners. He doesn't understand the bond of human connection. He is unable to connect with people. Because of being confined in the swamp all his life, he never experienced social skills He cannot make sense of the human mind. In his environment, all that he has ever known has been the animal world. He has no ability to understand anything else. Therefore, he thinks he should treat humans as animals. Because he does not value people, he sees them as expendable. He considers humans as