The epic of Beowulf is a quite lengthy and involved poem. The story revolves around three main battles. In the poem, Beowulf, a warrior from Geats comes to the rescue of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes whose land is being attacked by a bearlike monster, Grendel. By the end of the poem, Beowulf succeeds and defeats Grendel. In the poem, Grendel is portrayed as a monster, and overall an insensitive character. According to the story, Grendel was said to have spawned in slime, a biblical allusion to the story of Cain and Abel; Cain killing his brother Abel, a terrible tragedy and a horrible sin. Grendel is the truest form of evil there is. Grendel was born as a monster into exile; his life was cursed due to the fact that he was a distant son of Cain. The Bible states that all of Cain’s decedents were punished by God because of Cain’s sin. It is clear that Grendel is a monster because of his actions and how he was raised to be one. …show more content…
He is illustrated as a large figure with the strength to pick up the weight of a grown man and consume him whole. He haunts the moors and marshes and attacks the warriors while they sleep at Herot. Grendel is carnivorous; he feasts on human flesh and drinks human blood. He is so incredibly strong, that he once smashed thirty men at one time before dragging them all back to his lair. Both instances listed above, how he patiently waits until nighttime to attack unsuspecting people and how he smashes men out of anger and just because he can proves how he is a true