Grendel & Frankenstein:An Analysis of the Two "Monsters" and Their Superiority To Mankind In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it. I said, "Is it good friend?" "It is bitter-bitter," he answered; "But I like it Because it is bitter And because it is my heart." -Stephen Crane This reflects how both Grendel and Frankenstein must have felt during …
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…when the bull attacks Grendel, he simply calculates the bull's movements and fearlessly moves out of the way. Even when the bull rips through his leg, Grendel is not afraid. Grendel repeatedly charges into the meadhall and destroys its best warriors without a second thought. Grendel even has the courage to taunt Hrothgar's bravest thanes by throwing apples at them. Grendel "breaks up their wooden gods like kindling and topples their gods of stone"(Gard