Grendel
...monster. Grendel tells his story beginning from childhood innocence to his murderous adulthood. Grendel, alone in the forest, is psycologicaly isolated. Even his own mother can only render dull expressions without language. Try as she might Grendel's mother has no way of explaining even the simplest question of who Gredel's father might be. Grendel has no one to who he can talk to. "... Holding conversation with the only friend and comfort this world affords, my shadow."(8) No mater his efforts, Grendel is one solitary monster who can not bring truth and reason to his own existence.
Grendel, both secluded from beings of his level of intellect and surrounded by other animals in the forest, found himself frustrated. He dislikes the ignorance of these animals; however, believed that this was the source of their happiness. "That is their happiness: they see all life without observing it."(8) This frustrated Grendel; however, it was Grendels ability to observe and interpret his surroundings that brought him sadness and loneliness. Instead of taking part in pleasing himself with what most monsters should, he spent his time observing the lives of humans and then comparing it to his own which he didn't understand himself. Unfortunately, Grendel has not one soul he can rely on to ease the confusion he has about the universe and its unforgiving nature. " I tried to tell her (Grendel's Mother) all that had happened, all that I'd come to understand: the meaningless objectiveness of the world, the universal brutness."(28) While Grendel is beginning to have all these new inhibitions and epiphanies it is slowly eating him up inside because he has no one to relay all his feelings to. Now more than ever Grendel is beginning to think of the world and the universe as larger than himself; however, he being the only one with half a brain, creates his own reality. There is...
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