Beowulf & Grendel

was an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet, referred to as the "Beowulf poet". Scandinavia is the know setting for the poem. The poem basically consists of three mayor battles. Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, comes to assist Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, whose mead hall in Heorot was under attack by a feared monster known as Grendel. After Beowulf defeats him, Grendel's mother attacks…

“Grendel”, by John Gardner, is about a monster who lives in a cave with his nonverbal mother. Grendel, in the novel, is an antagonist who is merely misunderstood. Granted, when Grendel recalls a memory of his first encounter with a human, when he was stuck between a tree trunk, he tried to talk to them but they were terrified and confused and instead, attacked him. Now, a twelve-year wars between the humans erupted and Hrothgar, the king gained power. In between the war, Grendel discovers a…

existence. Grendel, a novel written by John Gardner does a great job of showing the monster’s (Grendel) isolation and his emotions. Though in Beowulf, translated by Burton Raffel, Grendel was a static character that did not have an abundance of background…

beliefs. Beowulf, an epic poem by Seamus Heaney, tells the story of a hero who battles a series of monsters to protect the kingdoms. Grendel, a…

A dragon and a demon, what could they possibly have in common? Actually more than you think. They are both enemies to all, terrorizing the people everywhere they go. Hearing their names can make the hairs on the back of your neck on edge. Grendel and Smaug are creatures alike, but like most of you thought, they have their differences. Smaug and Grendel's similarities are uncanny, from their hatred for all things good to their strength. The most undeniable thing they have in common is their…

and eventually triumphs. And when the hero retires, and it isn’t long before another villain takes the place of the previous one. But what would happen if the hero were considered a villain? The epic, Beowulf, describes this cycle as the main character, Beowulf, fights the evil monster Grendel and his mother, defeating them both before ruling as king into old age. As he is coming upon his final…

shared inevitable destiny. In the movie Beowulf and Grendel it…

turning to actual facts. In the movie Beowulf vs Grendel it is evident how our beliefs today affect the way this movie is carried out. Modern culture influence has caused a lack of spiritual representation in the movie Beowulf vs. Grendel. In this movie viewers are able to see the mocking of Christianity, the word of God rejected and how logic is seen to be more worthy than faith. In Beowulf the Epic, the author conveys an evident spiritual relationship between Beowulf and God along with the…

The Grendel in Burton Raffel’s original translations of Beowulf is very different from the Grendel presented by John Gardener in his modern novel. The most striking differences between the two versions of the same monster are their physical appearance, home life and relationship to his mother, and Grendel’s cause of evilness. One of the most noteworthy differences between Burton Raffel’s Grendel and John Gardener’s Grendel is their physical appearance. In the original epic, Grendel’s physical…

this particular sequence of texts The passion of St Christopher, The Wonders of the East, The Letter of Alexander to Aristotle, Beowulf and Judith may be that most of these texts contains qualities of monstrous and supernatural themes. An example of the corresponding nature of the texts is that St Christopher`s beast like nature is very similar to that of Grendels in Beowulf. Christopher`s beast like nature is further explored in The Old English martyrology where he is described as “From the…