Category: Grendel

Zac Efron will be portraying the beast villain, Grendel, in the 2019 reboot of the Anglo-Saxon epic poem BEOWULF, and many people are speculating if the choice was right. While most people view Zac as the comedic relief or the Epic Hero, the directors of this new version have decided to take a different route…

Battle Between Human and Monster John Gardener, in the story Grendel, explores how the infamous antagonist Grendel became who he was, through both nature and nurture. Nature vs nurture is the battle between a person’s genetic predispositions’ impact on human traits, and the influence of learning and one’s environment. Both can be used to describe…

John Gardners fiction novel, Grendel is the retelling of the epic poem Beowulf, However, this stance has changed. Grendel is said from this standpoint of one of Beowulf’s adversaries and the titular role of John Gardners work, Grendel. In Grendel, Gardner humanizes Grendel by emphasizing parallels between Grendel’s time and experience. Through Gardners observation of…