hey pushed him to be the monster that he is. Grendel is actually producing good. Amazingly, he manages to be both evil and good at the same time.
             Whenever there was music in Herot, Grendel was affected. Grendel lived in the marshes, which was a hell on earth, and every time Herot sang and danced with pleasure and joy; Grendel lurked in the marshes with anger. Lines 2-4 explain his anger, In the darkness, growled in pain, impatient/ As day after day the music rang/ Loud in that hallÖi The epic poem suggests that the population of Herot lived in happiness, and Grendel waited until his time came. Furthermore, Herot was developing their society. One would believe that the music Herot was playing is not what he wanted to listen to during to his life in the marshes. This example shows how Grendel, the opposing force of Herot, could not even stand anything that came from the hall. These two forces were on the opposite sides of their personalities.
             In addition to the music, their overall beliefs contributed to Grendelís complete hatred to the population of Herot. Grendel seemingly believed that pure carnage and destruction was his only way for communicating. Herot and its people expressed their thoughts, feelings, and personalities through music, laughter, and dance. However, Grendel, whose hatred had known no other, had to express his thoughts in his own way. Lines 29-35 showed how the poet concurred this belief, ìÖdarkness had dropped, Grendel/ Went up to HerotÖThe monsterís/ Thoughts were as quick as his greed as his claws.i This passage from Beowulf expresses and explains how Grendel shows his thoughts differently then the people of Herot. Sure, it was at complete opposites of the continuum, but crazy enough as it seemed to be, that is the way Grendel expressed himself. When he slaughtered those thirty men in Herot, it gave Grendel great joy. However, next morning when the remaining residents of Herot found !
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