monsters
...nster” may be used to describe an organism that is grossly abnormal or deformed. We often find monsters having a hybrid form, as a result of mixing species or sexes. Monsters are described to be of threatening force, extreme ugliness, wickedness, and of large size. An example of this is, the Centaur (horse-man), the Minotaur (bull-man), Pegasus (horse-bird), Sphinx (woman-lion-bird), and the griffin (lion-eagle)(appx. 1). For centuries, monsters have been viewed as forms of ugliness or evil. Monsters do not belong to any social class, or social order. People attempt to control monsters by killing and hunting monsters, generally the monster is to be destroyed or rejected. At the same time people are destroying monsters, they are intrigued by such a creature and interested in them. This love-hate relationship seems to imply that whether people like it or not, monsters teach us a lot about ourselves. It is clear that people attempt to get rid of monsters by destroying or containing them. Grendel is both an ancient cursed dragon and scapegoat, Grendel is also extremely difficult for a man to destroy: 'this unhappy being had lived long in the land of monsters since the creator cast them out as kindred of Cain. For that killing of Abel the eternal Lord took vengeance.' [2] Beowulf is considered to be mainly 'Christian' in terms of the time and place of its first appearance as a written text (in the early eighth century). Beowulf is an excellent example of the Christian belief of good and evil. Grendel comes out at night, which is viewed as evil in the Christian worldview. Grendel is depicted ...