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John Gardner's Grendel gives the character Grendel a personality beyond what is described in the epic Beowulf. The descriptions in this reading outline the emotional characteristics of this creature. The work Grendel fulfills its goal of making Grendel seem more human; however, it falls short of one accomplishment. Regardless of the positive description in the text, Grendel's actions against society, which he ....
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.... humanity pointless and foolish. "
the season is upon us. And so begins the twelfth year of my idiotic war. The pain of it! The Stupidity!" (Gardner 5). Grendel has no desire to kill the people. He does not seem to have a reason for killing them either. Sometimes, people will act on an impulse and do things they do not really want to do. However, they always have some sort of reason to defend themselves. "Pointless, ridiculous monster crouched in the shadows, stinking of dead ....
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