Thursday, February 26, 2009
Why is Grendel a Classic?
Grendel is a classic to me mainly because of it's twist one archetypes the story is told from a monsters prospective but by using this prospective you get the inner workings of this supposed monster and finds that he is actually more kind at heart then even the men he observes. He does have his occasional busts of cravings for flesh but he later fells bad for them and tries to avoid these episodes. This is one of the first books to ever take a story and tell it from the "antagonist"'s side and this is why I think the story is a classic.
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A novel told from the viewpoint of a widely regarded antagonist? This sounds like a really good book. It's very interesting that Grendel craves human flesh but feels sorry for it in this novel. In fact, it's a little ironic.
ReplyDeleteNo, its as lacking in irony as my post is in sarcasm. I haven't read Grendel, but I thought Beowulf (The book) was great, the movie sucked. Even the 3D was unimpressive. But this sounds good.
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