Essay Archive - Gardner's Grendel: Significantly Different Picture of Grendel than in Beowulf
Gardner's Grendel: Significantly Different Picture of Grendel than in
Beowulf
The novel Grendel by John Gardner portrays a significantly
different picture of Grendel than the epic poem Beowulf paints. Grendel is
a non-human being who posses human qualities. In either story it is not
specified what type of being Grendel is, nor does it tell of what exactly
Grendel looks like. The only idea the reader has of the sight of Grendel is
the small hints either author gives. We know he stands on two feet as
humans do, we know he is covered in hair, and we know he is monstrous.
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