Similarities Between Grendel And Frankenstein

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We all have our own monsters inside of us, the ones that make us irrational that we can’t control. Sometimes these monsters we possess is insecurity and the need to be accepted. We are human that is in our nature to have these monsters just how Grendel and Frankenstein have the same monsters. People see them both as terrifying ugly monsters although they are both classified as different monsters they are the same in many ways. Grendel is seen by the Danes as a terrifying creature that they must destroy, but they don’t understand Grendel. Grendel is misunderstood he, only wants to know why he was put on this earth when everybody hates him. He lets his inner demons of that question get the best of him and that’s why he kills people. When Grendel

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