contrasting points of veiw in Grendel and Beowulf
Contrasting Points Of View in Grendel And Beowulf Contrasting points of view in Grendel and Beowulf significantly alter the reader's perception of religion, good and evil, and the character Grendel. John Gardner's book, Grendel, is written in first person. The book translated by E. Talbout Donaldson, Beowulf, is written in third person. Good and evil is one of the main conflicts in the poem Beowulf. How is Grendel affected by the concepts of good and evil? Grendel is an alienated individual who just wants to be a part of something. His desire to fit in causes him to do evil things. Grendel is fascinated by the Shaper's poetry. He often returns to the mead hall to listen to it. One night while he is listening, he hears the story of Cain and Abel, including the Danes explanation of Grendel. His reaction to this leads to one of his most dramatic emotional reactions: "I believed him. Such was the power of the Shaper's harp! Stood wriggling my face, letting tears down my nose, grinding my fists into my elbow the corpse of the proof that both of us ere cursed, or neither, that the brothers had never lived, nor the god who judged them. 'Waaa!' I bawled. 'Oh what a conversion'"(Gardner 51)! Grendel then cries for merc
Even though this is true, evil lives the high life for a long time. The reader discovers Grendel as seen through the eyes of his terrified victims. -An ugly god pitifully dying in a tree (Gardner 22) One can explain this view of existentialism by considering some simple concepts of existentialism. He searches for the goodness in human beings, which was mentioned in the story. I understood that, finally and absolutely, I alone exist. The inevitability of this fate is shown many times throughout the poem. Evil seems to always get the bad side of things since it always gets conquered by God's good side. They attack the good side by killing innocent men because they are hungry or just want to defy the laws. The point of view of the book Grendel allows the reader to see another side of Grendel. King Hrothgar, leader of the Danes, fears his visits: "The renowned ruler, the prince of long famous, sat empty of joy; strong in might, he suffered, sorrowed for his men when they saw the track of the hateful monster, the evil spirit. After visiting with a dragon who tells Grendel a fictional version of the Shaper's tale, Grendel continues to believe the Shaper's story. The religious references to Cain, as well as the belief in existentialism are important aspects in Grendel.
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