Grendel Was Just Misunderstood
... Gardner, the author of Grendel, created a story that tells what happened in the epic Beowulf from the “monster’s” point of view. ... Prior to hearing his side of the story, readers are content with the fact that Grendel is “mankind’s enemy”(L. ... For lack of having a better understanding, it is easier to accept Grendel as a beast who is annoyed with music and poetry; he “growled in pain, impatient as day after day the music rang loud in that hall, the harps rejoicing call and the poet’s clear song”(L.