Grendel's Self Image In 'Beowulf'

Grendel’s self image changes throughout the book Grendel. There are 3 main characters that change Grendel’s image they are the Dragon ,Beowulf and the Shaper. At first, in the book Grendel was a little innocent baby, but then he started to realize not everything is all good there for example the encounter with the bull that was a wake up call and how he viewed humans as scary people would not have him feel okay with them around.

The dragon is a one of the most important ones by talking to Grendel “The king has lofty theories of his own. “Theories,” I whisper to the bloodstained ground. So the dragon once spoke. (“They’d map out roads through Hell with their crackpot theories!” I recall his laugh.”(Gardener 12 ) that was when he and the dragon had talked and he recalled that moment. Grendel was more associated with people and animals besides just being a monster. “The old ram stays looking down over rockslides I stare in horror scat I hiss go back to your cave” (Gardener 5)grendel has more human qualities than he did in the story Beowulf he has actual human emotions and can be scared by other humans or animals. …show more content…
The people were hushed. Even the surrounding hills were hushed, as if brought low by language” (Gardener