After badgering Unferth for a while, Grendel knew that he understood at least some of what he said, and Unferth yelled “‘No more talk!’” (Gardner, 85). The “monster” simply longs for someone to talk to. He is able to understand the language spoken by the people, but they are frightened by him when he tries to respond. Grendel was never taught any sort of language because his mother just groans or grunts she does not speak. The only person like him is his mother, who he cannot communicate with. Due to the fact that he is peculiar, Grendel is alone. He is even referred to as “the Lord’s outcast” (Heaney, 13). Grendel is kept separate from human society and treated as an outcast. Would a reader feel sympathy for Grendel, despite his cruelty, in John Gardner’s Grendel and Seamus Heaney’s translation of the epic Beowulf, if they knew how alone he was, his perspective, or his slight compassion? He is not a flat character who is killed in Beowulf strictly for the purpose of showing Beowulf’s strength. According to his first-person perspective in Grendel, the reader is able to understand this so-called “monster” better, and realize he has depth.
Then Grendel is published in 1971, which portrays Grendel in quite a contrasting way. As a result of how Beowulf describes and depicts Grendel, for many years he is thought to be a one-dimensional character with no personality or characteristics. The first “monster” he saves the people of Heorot (Denmark) from is Grendel, who serves as the antagonist, as well as the inversion of the hero Beowulf. The protagonist, Beowulf, is viewed as a savior, someone who comes to the rescue when no one else is able to help. In the Anglo-Saxon period, which lasted between approximately 4, the epic poem Beowulf was written.
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