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Likely the poem’s most memorable creation, Grendel is one of the three monsters that Beowulf battles. His nature is ambiguous. Though he has many animal attributes and a grotesque, monstrous appearance, he seems to be guided by vaguely human emotions and impulses, and he shows more of an interior life than one might expect.
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A man-eating monster descended from the Biblical Cain. Grendel is described as a "walker in darkness," who is "wearing God's anger" and "lacking in joy" because he has inherited the curse the Biblical Cain received as a result of his murder of his brother Abel.
The first night that Beowulf is with the Scyldings, Grendel stomps up from the swamp, bashes open the mead-hall's door with a single tap, and quickly wolfs down one of the Geats inside. The passage describing Grendel's ascent from the fen (710-727) is one of the finest in Anglo-Saxon poetry.
Grendel is a character in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf (700–1000 CE). He is one of the poem's three antagonists (along with his mother and the dragon ), all aligned in opposition against the protagonist Beowulf .
Character Analysis. (Click the character infographic to download.) Grendel is a man-eating demon (never a good sign) that lives in the land of the Spear-Danes and attacks King Hrothgar's mead-hall, Heorot, every evening.
Beowulf is the only being who can inflict pain or physical harm on Grendel, and his horrifically violent treatment of Grendel shocks the latter into a state that is equal parts ecstasy and terror. During the battle, Grendel has a vision of Beowulf sprouting wings and breathing fire.
Grendel serves as the protagonist and antagonist in the novel, offering a unique perspective as both a feared monster and a complex, introspective character. Character Descriptions. Grendel is depicted as a grotesque, humanoid creature, feared and reviled by humans.
