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Beowulf-Monsters Commentary

The dragon wreaks havoc because his treasures are stolen, Grendel's mother is seeking revenge for the mutilation and death of her son, and Grendel eats people ...

John Gardner Letter to Susie West and Her Students

The question in Grendel came from two places simultaneously--from the philosophy of Jean Paul Sartre (whom I dislike) and from the poem Beowulf. In Beowulf ...

The “Grendel” Reference in Taylor Swift's “Anti-Hero” - Medium

Is Grendel a monster or isn't he? Is his life a meaningless farce, or did it stand for something? Well, the humans and the dragon seem to agree.

The Guilt of Grendel - The Monsters We Make

He knew he could choose not to attack and kill, but did he? No. In fact he even defines his purpose in life as killing Hrothgar's people. Are these the actions ...

Ah, Grendel! You've come back - The Longest Chapter

He's a horrible creature, but Gardner gives him humanity, and you can't help but love Grendel — he's intelligent, funny, self-loathing and ...

Grendel's Tragic Hero - 760 Words | Cram

Not only is he not a human, nor attractive, but he storms meadhalls and eats people for entertainment; yet he still appears to portray very heroic qualities ...

Grendel Chapter 7 Summary & Analysis - SparkNotes

Grendel is fully aware of his divided state, and often uses parentheticals to undercut his own words: I changed my mind. It would be meaningless, killing her.

Beowulf Is A Motivating Character In Grendel - IPL.org

He knows what he is doing is dumb and foolish because he describes it as "very stupid personic" (5). The reason he still goes to war is because he is curious to ...

John Gardner's Grendel | beoshewulf

The dragon explains Grendel's role in human society: 'You improve them, my boy! Can't you see that yourself? You stimulate them! You make them ...

Some thoughts upon reading John Gardner's Grendel - The Silver Key

They are, like everything else, absolutely meaningless. The Dragon is the real horror of Grendel—a beast that adheres to hard, cold materialism.

Gardner's “Grendel” as a Nihilist and Existentialist Research Paper

Yet he shows contempt for them because he wants the people to believe that life is meaningless. For example, in his dealing with Shaper he can ...

Reviews - Grendel | The StoryGraph

... people with a brain and so on, but I ... anyways i think grendel is really the main character and beowulf is stupid. the book did this job in making me feel ...

Grendel | Encyclopedia.com

As a would-be artist, Grendel strives, however comically, to escape from his baseness. Such is the power of art, Gardner seems to be saying, that even a monster ...

The spell on Grendel, and a bit about bird swords (ll.801b-808)

The conditions on Grendel's death aren't quite so ridiculous, but in the context of Beowulf I think the idea of someone being impervious to ...

Beowulf. Digging the uncanny valley deeper - Polycount

I still think something like this is quite stupid to do in CG but the right facial animation would make it look a whole lot better. I just don't ...

Grendel - Black and White

(I think she needs a name. Grendelina? Madam Grendel? Pam?) Scholars and critics continue to debate their nature. Are they human or monster? And ...

Who likes the Grendel? :: Starfield General Discussions

Were are all the people who don't want negative threads? Oh yeah ... I had a Grendel that actually did decent damage, but, it was too ...

Book Review: John Gardner's Grendel | Truth and Tolerance

Grendel is caught between two visions of reality: one that life is inherently meaningless, the other that the world is created, ordered, and inherently moral.

Grendel's Last Words Analysis - 257 Words | 123 Help Me

The dragon believed in nihilism, and the Shaper used his imagination to create something to believe in. Some of the characters' philosophies may not have been ...

Resist the Abyss - Justified Textworks

The dragon in Grendel personifies hedonistic nihilism — the bleak mindset that says we have nothing worth living for except the mere satisfaction of our own ...