Elements Of Evil In Beowulf

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July 26, 2014

 

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In Grendel's first raid of Herot, a great mead-hall, "he snatched up thirty men, smashed them . . . and ran out with their bodies to his lair" (ll. 59-62). This amount of weight equals nearly 5,000 pounds; a feat that no normal man (or creature) could accomplish. In addition to his ability to lift huge amounts of weight, Grendel's unnatural strength appears in his merciless killing of humans...
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He proficiently tears his victims apart before devouring them. Moments before the monster's demise, Grendel grabs a sleeping Geat and "ripped him apart, cut his body to bits with powerful jaws" (ll. 393-394). Only a force of evil could accomplish an act so gruesome, with such facility. One earmark of an epic evil character is their unnatural strength, and Grendel certainly fits the bill for Beowulf...
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