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Grendel's View Of The Danes: Chapter Analysis

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Karissa Adams
Katie Jo LaRiviere
ENG 220
October 27, 2015
Close Reading Assignment The passage for my close reading and my paper is found in lines 88 to 91. The words used in this passage to describe the sound of the great hall show evidence of interlace between Grendel’s view and the view of the Danes. There is a shift in perspective from line 89 to 90. This shift was defined by Professor Laskaya in lecture to be circling, or interlace in the narrative. Grendel’s view in line 88 describes the sounds from the hall using the words “din” and “loud” (88). In line 89, it says that the harp was “struck” (89). These words relay the message that Grendel interprets the sound as noise, and it feels like a physical blow. It says in line 87 that “it
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