Grendel, the first creature in the epic, was a beast driven mad by jealousy and envy. Grendel, described as a brute and a powerful demon, was “condemned as an outcast” and exiled for being a descendent of Cain (9). On top of having to deal
The Victim and the Beast The Legendary Epic, “Beowulf” and the novel, “from Grendel” are very different in many ways. Beowulf tells the story of a legendary hero, and how he slays the evil monster Grendel. Grendel causes much death, destruction and grief, with his blood-thirsty rampages on the town of Herot and needs to be killed. The battle between Grendel and Beowulf represent the battle of good versus evil. Upon Grendels defeat, Beowulf is looked upon as a great hero.
In contrast Gardner portrayed Grendel and Beowulf completely different than how Orwell did. We could see a more in-depth complex view of Grendel, the monster himself. The text explains Grendel’s horrible life and includes the explanations to why he does the evil deeds. Gardner shows readers that
The author of Beowulf, who is unknown, makes the reader believe this by portraying each character in different ways. Throughout the story, Grendel is seen as a villain due to the various horrific things he does to the Danes and their land. Grendel is portrayed as a monster from the moment the poem starts when the author says, “A powerful monster, living down / In the darkness.” The first line of the poem shows Grendel as a monster living in the darkness, and in society it can often be seen that people or monsters, “living in darkness”, are bad or villainous. Later in the poem, when the author is explaining Grendel’s creation, the author explains, “He was spawned in that slime / Conceived by a pair of those monsters born / Of Cain, murderous creatures banished / By God”. This explains that from the minute Grendel was born, he was evil.
In life, we have many conflicting ideas in our minds, and the fiend Grendel is no different. There are many contrasts throughout John Gardener’s novel Grendel, providing a mystery of order and chaos, good and evil, hero and monster, all through the eyes on the “monster” Grendel. One contrast Grendel experiences time and time again is that of good and evil. At times he is intrigued by the Shaper’s songs, and feels no desire to kill; while at other times he follows the dragon’s philosophies and ideals, which cause Grendel to go on a psychotic killing spree. Grendel is awed by the words of the Shaper as he “sings the glory of Hrothgar's line,” (Chapter 3) even though he knows they are exaggerated and glorified.
I can’t honestly believe that they took this god so serious and believe in his Aesir tribe. The Vikings throughout this book are clearly described as invaders bent on death and destruction clash with the iron-willed protectors of any new world. The book talks a lot about the numerous intense battles between the many colonies they came into contact with. The primal violence of these desperate savages, plague the centuries between the eighth and eleventh modern
Denmark, a place of royalty and tons of civilians. Although this sound like an astonishing place to be and to live in there’s a problem. The vicious monster Grendel keeps invading the kingdom when celebration occurs in the mead hall. Grendel is sensitive to hearing and deals with the issue by attacking the mead hall and the people inside. All hale BEOWULF.
Mary Shelley uses many language devices to portray conflict in the novel Frankenstein. In chapter 5, Mary Shelley uses alliteration to convey to the reader the emotional conflict the monster is forced to face. Victor finally finishes his creation and observes its appearance: “I beheld the wretch -- the miserable monster who I created”. This suggests to the reader that Victor is not pleased with his creation as he calls him a “monster”; the word “monster” makes the reader visualize a horrendous, spine-chilling, eerie creation creating a dark ambience. Furthermore, the author uses feelings to describe the monster.
The human emotions often represented in the Romantic Era of literature are clearly displayed in the novel Frankenstein through the monster itself. The monsters emotions are what rule him. He displays every negative human quality that each of us wishes didn't exist, such as rage, jealousy, and hatred. Chapter 20 is a prime example of this, in which we can see how he demonstrates human emotion in a negative as well as a positive aspect. “"The wretch saw me destroy the creation whose future existence he depended on happiness and with a howl of devilish despair and revenge, withdrew."
He has become an unstoppable killing machine who believes he is invincible once the three witches reveal their prophecies and their apparitions to Macbeth. These are all qualities of a criminal, Macbeth knows what he is doing but he continues to do it without regard for any other person at all, this is a classic demonstration of a psychotic criminal. Being the criminal that he is and performing the unlawful actions that he performed were undeniably the cause for the downfall and eventual death of this Shakespearean Tragic