Grendel is the shaper of his story! While this was the last idea of class today, I feel that it is the most significant. Everything we read -- the dragon's mentor role, Unferth's misadventures, Wealtheow's queenly duties -- is told via Grendel's perspective. Grendel feels a connection to the aforementioned characters - a philosophical monster, an outsider hero, a child forced into a situation not of her own decision. Hence, we have more sympathy to characters reflective of Grendel and his qualities.
For tomorrow's Monster Party, read chapters 8-10. We will do dramatic readings of 11 & 12 during class time. After we finish Grendel, we have one more text to read and then it is time for the New Historicist essay assignment.
Poetry is coming...
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