er according to the townsmen who are trying to kill him. He is alienated from Hrothgar's mead hall. That is the place where Hrothgar and his followers meet for everything. There is no possible way that Grendel could change this situation with Hrothgar. Grendel and Hrothgar have been fighting for years. The hate for one another has increased as the years have passed.
             I hunkered down at the edge of the forest, looking up the long hill at the mead hall lights. I could hear the Shaper's song. I know longer remember exactly what he sang. I know only that it had a strange effect on me; it no longer filled me with doubt and distress, loneliness, and shame. It enraged me. (p.104)
             Through this quote you can tell that at the beginning when Grendel first saw Hrothgar's mead hall, he wanted to become a member. But as time went by and Grendel realized that Hrothgar did not like him and made attempts to make Grendel feel unwanted, Grendel grew a small hatred toward Hrothgar that grew over time, and once Grendel had enough the mead hall and the townsmen all became a place that Grendel wanted to destroy.
             Alienation is one motive for Grendel's evil actions, but many critics also feel that revenge is a contributing factor. " Grendel forces humanity to face its responsibility for the creation of "deviant" forms within its system." This quote by Michael Caconti brings up an interesting point. If a group or society choose to seclude a person or being from being apart of their way of life, can the society blame the person or being from retaliating back upon the society? The answer is no; the way Grendel has been ridiculed through his life by the Saxon people is similar to how the teenagers at Columbine High School were treated. They were made fun of and beaten up for not being a certain way. They retaliated on the people that hurt them, although retaliation in this fashion is not the right way it is much...