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What qualities characterize Beowulf as a hero? Why does Grendel’s mother take back Grendel’s arm? What is the meaning of the Anglo-Saxon term “wyrd”?
- Hrothgar
A detailed description and in-depth analysis of Hrothgar in...
- Beowulf
The poem explores his heroism in two separate phases—youth...
- Grendel's Mother
Grendel’s mother, like her son, is a mysterious humanoid...
- Grendel
In the original Beowulf epic, Grendel displays nothing but...
- Character List
A great, bearlike monster, Grendel is the first of three...
- Hrothgar
In the original Beowulf epic, Grendel displays nothing but the most primitive human qualities. In Grendel, however, he is an intelligent and temperamental monster, capable of rational thought as well as irrational outbursts of emotion.
A great, bearlike monster, Grendel is the first of three monsters defeated by the Geatish hero Beowulf in the sixth-century poem Beowulf. In Grendel, he is a lonely creature who seeks an understanding of the seemingly meaningless world around him.
Grendel is the protagonist and narrator of the novel. He is a terrifying monster who kills and eats humans, but he is also a lonely, isolated creature, who craves a friend or companion. Grendel is…
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 Grendel. The ogre who has menaced Hrothgar's people for 12 years is a huge, powerful descendant of the biblical Cain, the son of Adam and Eve, who killed his brother Abel out of jealousy (Genesis 4).
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.
