Beowulf
...escribed as “moving quickly through the cloudy night (l 289),” which assumes the Grendel is evil since dark imagery is used. As Beowulf is telling of what he has heard about Grendel, he describes Grendel as a “vicious creature that hunts only at night and that no one has seen (l 187-189).” The places that the characters go to in the story also is described using day and night to associate good and evil. In the very beginning as Grendel is introduced he is said to be “living down in the darkness (l 1-2)” which makes u assume he is evil. When the land of Hrothgar is described there is said to be a “glow across the land (l 10). The sight described that the men in Beowulf’s ship saw as the approached is said to be “sparkling hill, high and green (l 136).” Grendel’s mother’s home under the lake is seen from above and is said to look like “mist steams like black clouds, and the groves of trees growing out over their lake are all covered with frozen spray (l 426-429).” When a character in the story is defeated or triumphs then like and dark imagery is used to show that. When Beowulf defeats Grendel he was sent to “ his miserable hole at the bottom of the marsh, only to die, to wait for the end (l 395-396).” When Beowulf defeated Grendel’s mother is said, “The brilliant light...