What is a Monster? Are We Monsters? Are Humans Monsters?

When we become prehensile of our friends be appetites, vengeful toward those who hate, or selfish when we draw plenty. Monsters strike fear within our lift upts beca aim they be giant, monstrous, ugly and boisterous beingnesss. Humans strike fear in their peers because of their vengeance, race or politics.In Beowulf, readers are exposed to these hellions who are uncontrollable through the ways that they stir each other. By analyzing Beowulf, the concept of monstrosity is par all toldel to some flaws of existence. Although Beowulf is seen a deviant God-sent savior by the people of Heorot and Hrothgar, he is not relieve from the equivalence of humanistic flaws in the congenital terra firma.Through the use of some parallels between the characters of Beowulf representing monsters and the essential world humans, the reader is left questioning what it is to be a hero and what it is to be a monster. The story uses symbolism such as otherworldlyism as the model to create specific roles for the characters in Beowulf that parallel humans. In this paper, I will discuss the ways in which Grendel, Grendels Mother and Beowulf are parallel to humans in the natural world by looking at the ways in which monsters and humans are similar.The epic poem, Beowulf, describes each of the monsters to be supernatural except Grendel and his bewilder who are understood to not be supernatural. He is one of three monsters in the story that is ornamented with monstrous traits such as heathen talons, detestable spikes (Beowulf 987).Although he is draw with these monstrous features, it is humanistic and emotional intellect that propel his actions. For example, in the rootage of the story, Grendel is angered by the joyous celebration of the men of Heorot (Danes), crawls expose of his underground swamp and creates a goally disturbance. This ambiguous monstrosity gives interracial views of the role of humans and monsters, allowing for overlapping representations.He live s underground with his suffer that is recognize by readers as the unnatural world-living in swamps and darkness. The grumpy Grendel attacks the Hall because it harrowed him to hear the joyful din loud in the hall (87-105). He is envious of Hrothgar and his people because they live in civilization-unlike Grendel-who lives in isolation. Words like harrowing, misery (105), unholy creature, and ravenous (120-121) are all used in the beginning of the story which alludes readers that Grendel is monstrous and envious of the Danes.The human characteristic Grendel is portraying in the story is envy. He wants to fit in with the Danes but since he is a Cain (who kills kin) he is unable to. His physical form confuses readers in terms of categorizing him as man or beast. He has many animal attributes, a chimerical and monstrous appearance such as beast (425), heathen talons and terrible spikes (985), but his actions and emotions prove otherwise. When Grendel is gravely injured from the battl e with Beowulf at the Hall, he is doomed to die in his underground home.When Beowulf describes the win over Grendel, he states, death is not an easy thing to escape-try it who will-but compelled necessity all mustiness come to that place set aside for soul-bearers, children of men, dwellers on soil (1012). This just blurs the line between natural world humans and monsters because of the vernacular Beowulf chooses, earth dwellers, children of men. These words with specific absorbed towards Grendel, can overlap with descriptions of death towards humans in the natural world that death is hard to escape.Grendels mother in the story is relatable to every mother in the natural world. Her intent to avenge her intelligences death (Grendel) to kill Beowulf is a very similar instinct mothers have in the natural world humans feel remorse for the loss of their loved ones. She symbolizes the natural quality of revenge.Grendels mother comes into play and described as, a cleaning womans war fare, is less than an armed mans when a bloodstained blade, its edges strong, hammer-forged sword, slices through the boar-image on a helmet opposite (1283). The line, a womans warfare, is than an armed man to describe Grendels mother as weak is a direct parallel to mothers in the natural world. In to daylights world, people assume that women are weak and less calumniatory than a man.In the story, the men in the hall are not afraid of her because she is a woman. Even though she is a mother, a female, to a weak, emotional monster (Grendel), she can still be raving mad and dangerous to others. This parallels mothers in the natural world. They can be terrifying when you make them mad. Grendels mother is also ornamented with monstrous descriptions, her hostile claws, that she-wolf of the sea swam to the bottom (1505). This puzzles the reader when trying to categorize Grendels mother as (wo)man or beast. on with Grendels monstrosity and his mothers, Beowulfs humanity is called into que stion. His call for attacking and violent death Grendel is only for the fame he receives from the men of Heorot, he trusted his strength, the might of his handgrip-as a man should do if by his warfare he thinks to win long-lasting encomium he cares nothing for his life (1535).In this scene, the reader sees how he possess supernatural qualities of abnormal strength. This is the epitome of so many men in the natural world. Men are greedy for praise to impress a woman they like. The description of Beowulf here can again confuse the reader as to what to categorize him as, man or beast. Men try to be heroic when a tragedy happens most of the time to gain praise from the public. This is what Beowulf does in the story, to be the hero by stopping the attack on Heorot by Grendel.Beowulf is the example of the tragic hero in the story. He comes from being known as nothing but an ugly strong monster to a praised monster who killed the bad guy. He has many animal attributes and a monstrous app earance, but he seems to be guided by obtuse human emotions and impulses. For example, the impulse to kill Grendel for glory and fame is a remorseful killing act, Beowulf uses it as adrenaline to keep killing and attacking the beasts who harm Heorot.These diametric monstrous personalities are seen in the natural human world which lead to be addressed today when reading and exploring ones own life. Humans are monsters too. Grendel is portrayed as the man who takes the bus to work every day and is envious of happiness in peoples life-maybe someone with depression.Grendels mother is portrayed as everyones mother who wants revenge for a loved ones death and Beowulf is the greedy smock American who wants to be praised for saving blacks in a burning house. to each one of these portrayals in the human world is scary to see and understand. But it is all real.Concepts of monstrosity, heroism, and supernaturalism in Beowulf are complex due to the parallelisms between humanity and the mon sters in the story. It is easy for readers to neglect the looming allusions on humanity that Beowulf offers through its use of subtle comparison. The ambiguity of monster and hero are intermixed in some(prenominal) the story and world of common man.Beowulf reminds readers to question the flaws and norms in humanity and its longing labels. We must yearn to understand human motivation before request and claiming self-righteous glory. The difference between Grendels mother and Beowulf is that his mother was avenging the death of her son and Beowulf kills for glory and fame. Humans are monsters.