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Grendel

Historical Context

Published in 1971

Literary era

Modernism

Highly influenced by philosophy

Vietnam War

Cynicism and protest

Counter cultural movements

Civil Rights and LGBT-centered issues entering the mainstream

Nonconformity and rising against authority

Writing Techniques

Characters representing ideologies

Intertextuality

Based on the poem Beowulf

Assonance and alliteration

Vivid imagery

Characters

Hrothgar

King of Danes

The Shaper

Storyteller

Influential figure

The Dragon

Beowulf's final battle in Beowulf

Wise and cynical

Unferth

Beowulf's Rival

Killed by Grendel

Beowulf

Antagonist

Foil to Grendel

Heroic

Freyja

Grendel's mother

Animalistic and detached

Protagonist

Narrative Voice

Philosophical

Outcast

Resentful

Unreliable narrator

Intense emotion

Struggles to grasp reality

Themes

Human Condition

Finding meaning in a meaningless world

Power of Stories

Greatly influential

Hrothgar's people

Identity

Nonconformity

Conformity

Morality

Grey areas of good vs. evil

Existentialism

Hopefulness

Nihilism

Isolationism

Summary

Resolution

Grendel's death

Falling Action

Grendel's reflection of his existence

Climax

Grendel's battle with Beowulf

Rising Action

Grendel terrorizes Hrothgar's kingdom

Exposition

Grendel philosophizing

Interactions with characters of differing philosophies