Grendel Vs Beowulf Research Paper

“Beowulf” and “Grendel” are two stories of the same events. From two completely different perspectives. The story of “Beowulf” paints Grendel as a horrible heartless monster. However this is completely untrue. Between the two stories Grendel is the real victim. This is because no one ever understood Grendel, or why he did the things he did. Grendel never had a good life, he was always perceived as a monster. His death was also completely undeserved, and unjustified. This all shows just how misunderstood Grendel was, just like most other people.

Grendel has never had a very good life. This is mainly because he has always been seen as a monster. As a child Grendel lived with his mother. However he could never speak to her since they did not know …show more content…
Throughout his entire life Grendel has never killed someone or something without a valid reason. The only logical reason Beowulf had for killing Grendel was that he has murdered people. However any time Grendel had killed someone it was for an extremely good reason. If killing people was the only reason Grendel was was kill Beowulf should’ve been killed too. In reality Beowulf killed significantly more people than Grendel did. However Beowulf is seen as a hero for his actions because the people ke killed were “monsters” as well. Grendel never liked killing, and he avoided it at all costs. Even when he killed some of Beowulf’s men, he only did it because they wanted to kill him. Grendel never deserved to die. If anyone had truly known him they would understand that. Grendel had nothing but a smart mind and a good heart. Even as Grendel died he died with courage. For example as he was dying he said “ and though I fought it with all my will I know in advance I can’t win.” (citation) In the very end Grendel finally became content with dying. Even though he was only killed to prove an act of heroism. He took his death with pride, which shows true