Beowulf_-_Herot_The_Antagonist

Beowulf - Herot The Antagonist Herot the Antagonist Beowulf was said to be written around the 700’s but was created long before that time. Past down from generation to generation by word of mouth until it was composed in Old English by one of the monasteries in northeast England. The poem itself is based in a time well before the sixth century, with most of its material based on early folk legend. The author of the epic of Beowulf uses characterization to show the world what Grendel was like and possibly his deeper side. “Grendel”, the name itself sounds evil or at least unfriendly and is perfect for the monster of the story. At the beginning of the story, Grendel is described as “a powerful monster, living down in the darkness (1).” This starts the very lengthy wording of how evil Grendel is and how much the audience is suppose to not like him. Grendel was “the demon, the fiend that haunted the moors and lived in hell but on earth (16).” This is eye candy to the mind, which brings life to a character that doesn’t exist except in our heads. Grendels first killing at Herot was merciless act in which he “snatched up grendel, herot, evil, one, music, loud, beowulf, wasn’t, story, person, out, mortal, monster, lived, lake, just, grendels, good, first, beginning, battle, author, very, until, took, time, sounds, side, pure, place, people, occupants, neighbors, mad, life, itself