In many stories throughout ancient times, Monsters have been the focus of the problems in one's society. These creatures of the dark have always posed a certain threat to society. Further, monsters have been connected to features that are non human or primitive animal like features. Beowulf, whose author is unknown, is a poem, which portrays these themes associated with. In this poem, monsters are shown as beings, which exhibit the dark side of man and have features that are animal-like, and later showing how man avoids such beings. Throughout the poem three monsters appear from the darkness. Grendel, a powerful monster spawned from hell, Grendel's mother, a creature that lives in a cold murky lake, and the Dragon, a great beast who symbolizes death. All of the monsters in this poem exhibit these traits of darkness. Anger, revenge and greed are traits of man's dark side which are also qualities in the monsters.
             The representation of evil where rage is involved is most seen in the character of Grendel. The idea of rage is seen as being linked to man's violent ways that are embodied in him. The Author states ".., living down in the darkness, growled in pain, impatient as day after day the music rang loud in the hall, the harp's rejoicing" (26), exposes Grendel's great fury against this enjoyment. The narrator tells of Grendel's features and origins which shows how he was," spawned in that slime, conceived of Cain, murderous creatures banished By God..." (26), furthering the resentment of man, and man's will of getting rid of such freakish creatures. The author's notation of Cain from the bible in the line shows the dark side of man, and how Grendel symbolizes it.
             As opposed to Grendel's deeds and wild rage, Grendel's mother can be seen as almost as monster with a vendetta. Grendel's mother could be viewed as having a human persona that is all too familiar to most people. Grendel's mother is seen as a symbol of revenge when the aut...