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Roles Of Animals In Beowulf And Grendel

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Animals: The animals that I have encountered have proven themselves to be somehow lowlier than men and even women. They are mindless beings that are incapable of learning. Stupid and repetitive, animals rely solely on instinct. I have never met an animal able to even begin to comprehend anything I express. Key Scene: The beginning scene of the novel has Grendel angrily trying to interact with a ram. After hissing at the ram to scatter, the ram “cocks his head like an elderly, slow-witted king, considers the angles, decides to ignore me” (Gardner 5). The ram continues to ignore Grendel regardless of what he does. The ram is also in the same situation he gets himself into every year. Beowulf: The craziest monster I’ve ever met, Beowulf is completely insane. He is a total psychopath with immense strength. He tore my arm off and made me sing about the hardness of a wall! With indifference and luck, he has brought about my inevitable death. …show more content…

As Grendel finishes one of the Geats, he move on to Beowulf, but “It’s a trick! His eyes are open, were open all the time, cold-bloodedly watching to see how I work” (168). Beowulf let one of his own men die just to watch Grendel work. To Grendel, Beowulf is a heartless psychopath. Cain and My Race: I do not know much of my ancestry. Supposedly, I am a part of a cursed race. Cain was the original monster, and I am his mere descendant, another monster. A part of me blames Cain and Him for my monstrosities, but I know better than to believe that. Key Scene: Grendel is eavesdropping on the Shaper’s words. He listens on about

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