The novel Grendel depicts a completely different character than that of the one in the epic poem Beowulf. Although in both works, Grendel is understood as an outcast shunned from human kind, he is portrayed in two different perspectives. The reader understands that Grendel in both works is a monster. The reader, however, cannot discern Grendel’s identity beyond the fact that he is some type of monster. This mystery as to what Grendel is, leads to the perspectives represented in both the novel Grendel and poem Beowulf.
When Grendel first encountered man he was stuck in a tree and already faced a bull with no assistance or rescue. “The Kings snatched an ax from the man beside him and, without any warning, he hurled it at me.” (pg. 27). Before, the king tried to swing at Grendel, Grendel was simply trying to reason with the men and help them. But due to his voice, which was loud and bellowing compared to man, they tried to kill him.
Grendel had no idea that Hrothgar had called upon Beowulf to slay him. So the morning of his next (and final) attack seemed like any other day. He sat in at the edge of the thick green forest until his lust for the taste of human blood once again drove him mad. And he once again made out for the Great Hall at Hrothgar. When he arrived he knew something seemed different, but he did not bother to care, for he could no longer hold back stomach twisting hunger inside him.
The image that people portray him as causes just the sight of him to be frightening. People want to kill him because they see him as a dangerous threat and every time a person runs into him in the forest/swamp where he lives, they run in fear because he has an ego of being a dangerous, scary ogre that could easily hurt someone. He goes along with how people treat him, but when a little donkey comes along, instead of simply killing or getting rid of him, he puts up with him. Shrek is an individual and has no purpose in life other than just living day to day by himself in his swamp. He has no purpose because he does not want a purpose.
Bisclavaret attacks them when he realizes who it is and they now know that he is the wolf. Both Bisclavaret and his wife used ethics by things that they did not do. Bisclavaret’s wife was not always honest with him because she was scared he would attack and hurt her. Bisclavaret did not tell his wife that he turned into a
Thus each of the human societies shuns and despises these creatures for what they are. The significance of the alignment of the monsters with ourselves is how the monsters are the personification of our ontology. The unconscious human mind is the content of what these works attempt to personify in the monster. As Donna Haraway said in her "Cyborg Manifesto," "we are all chimeras." The curious thing is that the protagonists in some of the works actually portray monster-like characteristics--a role reversal between the monster and the hero of the work: "We have found the enemy and he is us."
The story is told in the point of view of the monster Grendel, a bearlike creature. By focusing on the monster, the author elicits some sympathy for an otherwise thoroughly repulsive character who eats humans for pleasure. Allowing the point of view of Grendel instead of the omniscient narrator of the original poem, permits the reader to find the theme from a limited perspective. The reason that the Beowulf poet portrayed Grendel as being so evil is because the monster was completely outside of the culture of the time. Grendel had no hall, no lord, and he disobeyed the laws of warfare by attacking at night.
However, the monster’s narrative allows us to see a different and perhaps more sympathetic side to the story, in which the monster attempts to “educate” William and encourage him to be his “companion and friend,” to which William “violently” rejects him for being an “ugly” “monster.” What is most startling about this prejudice is that William is just a young child and has still been corrupted by society and its discriminatory ways. Here, Shelley perhaps introduces the gothic idea of nature vs nurture, which implies that the monster is
Like his good luck charm. It’s too bad that when Piggy needed it most, the savages were tired of having to listen to someone just because that someone said so, which eventually led to Piggy’s downfall. I don’t find it a coincidence that both Piggy and the conch went out at the same time. It’s almost like Piggy’s “Life line” was the same as the conch’s (As shown in the picture). The Beast…at first, the Beast is an unknown creature who watches the boys over the mountain almost god-like.
However, the family rejects him based on outward appearance, before giving the monster a chance to speak. The monster also saves a girl from drowning, only to be attacked by a man who thought that he was attempting to hurt the girl, not save her. Upon realizing social interaction with humans will prove almost impossible, the monster beckons Victor to create for him a female companion. However, Victor breaks his promise to the monster, and he vows to seek revenge. All of these events coupled with the abandonment by his creator drive the monster to madness and rage against the human population, who he learns will never accept him due to his grotesque outward