How is Grendel a parody of Beowulf? A parody is
a mocking imitation of a work of literature?
In Beowulf, Grendel is a heartless monster
who needs to be destroyed. In Grendel,
Grendel is an outcast who only wants to be accepted by men. John Gardner wrote Grendel so the reader would pity him,
feel sorry for him, but in Beowulf,
Grendel is written to where he kills and kills ruthlessly. Also, in Beowulf, Beowulf is portrayed as the
hero who saved Herot and the Danes from the evil monster Grendel. In Grendel, Beowulf is portrayed as the
evil monster that savagely kills Grendel, and makes him cry for his mother. In Beowulf,
the reader, along with the Danes, is blinded with the idea of heroism. In Grendel, the reader can see the truth, how
Herot really is. Grendel is a parody
of Beowulf because it mocks all the
main aspects of the literature by changing the ideas and execution behind them.
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