Though these two stories are told from opposite perspectives, Grendel and his counterpart from Beowulf are almost exactly the same in both action and thought, since both characters’ main conflict, as well as climax, are perfectly symmetrical. Both renditions of Grendel go through isolation, are subject to insurmountable suffering, and share a sense of incredulous hatred towards mankind.
Though many similarities are present between these two transcriptions of Grendel’s story, the most pronounced has to be the sense of isolation these two desolate creatures share. As we can see from Grendel, the monster states, “Pointless, ridiculous monster crouched in the shadows” (Grendel 6) while the epic poem Beowulf describes man-kind’s enemy as, “Shut
Though many similarities are present between these two transcriptions of Grendel’s story, the most pronounced has to be the sense of isolation these two desolate creatures share. As we can see from Grendel, the monster states, “Pointless, ridiculous monster crouched in the shadows” (Grendel 6) while the epic poem Beowulf describes man-kind’s enemy as, “Shut