Grendel

Grendel The clash between proper and evil has been a full-grown theme in literature. The Bible presents the impinge between right-hand(a) and evil in the story of exaltation and Eve. Many authors go for the scene in the Bible in which the serpent taunts and tempts Adam and Eve to take a bite of the apple of acquaintance to demonstrate the frailty of humankind. John Gardner provides these same biblical allusions of good and evil in his novel, Grendel. One of Grendels archenemies is the human. Humans turn down to look beyond Grendels unattractive exterior, and spend most of their days trying to kill Grendel.

One night when Grendel is honoring their mead hall, he sees them treating their sword-blades with snakes venom(Gardner 29). Another conflict between humans and serpents develops when Grendel is watching the Shaper for the first time. As he listens, he snatche[s] up a snake from beside [his] base(40), and holds it in his fist as he listens to the Shaper sing. The snake represents ...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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