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A 20 pages research paper that answers questions on English literature from Beowulf to Gulliver's Travels. Works discussed include Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Utopia, the Metaphysical Poets, and King Lear. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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File: D0_khenglit.rtf
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In Canto XI of Beowulf, the epics hero finally does battle with the legendary monster. Grendel is described in unequivocal terms. He attacks the mead-hall with "fire-hard
hands," intent on destruction. He is described as a "wicked spoiler of men" and "the fiend" from whose eye a "horrid flame stood" (Beowulf 48). The unknown poet
who authored this Old English epic makes it clear that Grendel intends to murder everyone in the mead hall. He comes from the moor, "wearing Gods anger "
(Beowulf 47). The poet also states that Grendel was "at war with God (49). Clearly, the poet intends for his listeners to see Grendel as evil incarnate. Likewise, when
Grendels mother attacks mead-hall to enact revenge for her sons death, she is described in terms that clearly indicates her association with evil. She is a "monster-wife" to Cain
(57). While a modern reader, of course, does not condone the brutality of Grendel, a modern perspective probably offers more sympathy for Grendel than the monster received from previous
generations. The beginning of the poem relates how Grendel, like all descendents of Cain, were condemned by God for their forebears actions. The poet pictures Grendel, a creature of darkness,
observing the "loud mirth in the hall," yet unable to be a part of such fellowship due to no fault of its own, but rather the circumstances of its birth
(Beowulf 37), which makes Grendel more sympathetic to modern readers who see the psychological aspect in Grendels motivation. Likewise, the modern reader can empathize with Grendels mother urge to
avenge her sons death. Therefore, while the modern reader certainly does not condone the actions of these characters, and sees their actions as totally evil, the implied motivation makes
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