At the beginning of the story, Grendel feels
that he is isolated from the rest of the world. However, through language,
Grendel feels that it is his scapegoat from the loneliness. Since Grendel was
born, he stayed alone with his mother in a cave. As time progressed, he started
to venture out of the cave; he starts to copy the language of humans, in the
process, learning their language. As he
starts to feel competent in the language, he starts to talk to the humans in a
language that only he can understand, which in turn, strengthening the feeling
of loneliness. He is trapped in an internal monologue with himself because he
is the only one who understands.
Grendel starts to want to be a
part of society after hearing the Sharper’s epic poem, even if he had to become
the “evil being.” Grendel is alone for most of the story as he is seen through
society as a vicious monster. However,
as the story progress, he starts to learn and understand the language of the
humans looking for acceptance. As Grendel starts to fluently learn the
language, Grendel starts to speak from his conscience, connecting words to
phrases, and from phrases to sentences till eventually his able to tell his own
story in which others can understand.
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