Daniel Gicho

Name Tutor Course Date Grendel’s Apology to the Beowulf Legend I am the great Grendel, the last descendant of Cain and the last giant to live in the moorland. It was I who survived the great floods by God. Despite my strength and power, my neighbors the Danish haunt my peace, tranquility and pleasure to enjoy life in the rangelands. Led by the virtuous king Hrothgar who rules them with wisdom, justice and fairness, humans dread the thought of my existence. Cursed are their misjudged thoughts that they adopted from misplaced mythologies that imply that monsters and ogres like me are man-eaters. My conflict with my neighbors started when King Hrothgar ordered the construction of the mead hall on the hill meant to commemorate the great justice of the Danes. Figuratively, I believe that the new meadhall is a mockery and a reminder of how all men suffer the mulatto syndrome but perceive themselves as superior to other creatures on earth (Archer & Alex, P-55). Why do they disregard other creatures that have coexisted in the forestlands for hundreds of years before them? Why do they humiliate, ignore and taunt us because of our sturdiness and stature or unpleasant looks? The thought to of humans celebrating the Danes idolized for humiliating us saddened me. I was willing to fight and prove them wrong only to realize that they would hate me more. The singing and dancing to the ‘Song of Creation’ implicated the pervasive superiority that God made the world for them other than all creatures of the world (Researchomatic, n.d.). Did God really create some creature powerful than others and instruct them to torment the less powerful? Did the god create me as evil without having done any wrong? The noise of their singing and lighting pained me that was when I decided to approach them and share in the party. Whenever I tried to befriend the people they either ran away from me screaming or attacked me? They were harsh, violent and ignorant waiting for the very opportunity to offend me in any way they could. They perceived me as evil. Those accusations sought to make my life miserable and angered me (Gardner, 62). I had to slaughter if not run for my life. With high-held ignorance and savagery they haunted my family and assaulted us, they tore our arms and now perceive them as trophies? Do you humans have the little bit of dignity left in you? Why do humans perceive themselves as more righteous and powerful than all other creatures their violence, selfishness do not differ from our own? Henceforth, I was filled with a vengeance because I wished to capture Hrothgar’s throne and crash the sharper’s voice out of his throat. I sought to show to them who was really powerful in the jungle, I wished to capture the great throne given by the god. As they devoured my morality and esteem and compared me to the goats and all creatures of less intellect, so will I curse, kill and maim all that reminds me of humans. I feel hatred for man’s nature induced by religion or the pretense that they are grace-filled and gentle as implied in their songs that dumbfounded and made his life miserable. It is human who is to blame for my monstrous character now. The compromised my beliefs about the artistic religions. Evidently, they are just but the mindless pattern of the stars of the universe that operate naturally as a system and not ordained and so is religion. How then does man justify his madness malaise and prejudice against creatures like me? That is definite lunacy. Why would god sin personify The instructions for this essay can be found here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6NQqSA49PG8bUFKTlVLckJMVGl0VmR0djNiYzluME84LTlJ Works Cited 'Grendel's Apology' .Researchomatic. 10, 2012. 10, 2012. < http://www.researchomatic.com/Grendels-Apology-58634.html >. Archer, Alex. Grendel's Curse. , 2014. Print. (P-55) Anonymous, Anonymous. Beowulf. Place of publication not identified: Sheba Blake Publishing, 2013. Internet resource. Gardner, John (2010) Grendel. New York: Knopf, 1971. Internet resource.