Beowulf was written in 1000 AD by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet. Beowulf tells in the third person about a warrior named Beowulf who helps a king named Hrothgar rid his kingdom of a monster Grendel who terrorizes and kills his subjects. While the book Grendel by John Gardner tells Grendel's point of view and how he sees similar events through his eyes. One story tells of a hero who was showered with gold, glory and lands during battle, saving but also killing people to get where he is and who feels that what he does is good, while the other tells the story of a monster who was cast aside because of his monstrous appearance kills and eats people just for fun. Both have killed, but depending on their perspectives, they feel differently about how their acts of killing were good or bad. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on “Why Violent Video Games Should Not Be Banned”? Get an original essay The two stories are perceived differently depending on how they are told; each event is related to each other, but how Grendel or the Dragon felt and saw it is only how they felt about the event. In Beowulf, the dragon vows not to touch his treasure after guarding it for over 300 years, until the day a slave runs away from his master and stumbles upon a cave. The cave was filled with treasures of all kinds and so, without knowing who the treasure belonged to, he decided to steal a cup set with precious stones to bring it back to his master and unfortunately the dragon noticed him and he was not happy because “the signs of his anger wavered.” and shone in the darkness, visible for miles, a testimony of his hatred and cruelty, spread as a warning to the Geats” (p. 96 lls 2315-2317). The dragon is filled with rage and wants revenge, so he tries to follow the slave by following his footprints, but after losing sight of the slave, the dragon became even angrier, not sleeping, waiting for his chance to take revenge. At night, that's when he decided to wreak havoc in the village by setting it on fire, he thought it was acceptable because the slave had stolen something that belonged to him, he was just set fire to their village. In Beowulf, the dragons are described as angry and uncontrollable because “as the flames rose; the angry monster intended to leave nothing alive” (p. 96 lls 2314-2315). The dragon was childish to destroy and set fire to a village over a cup, but to him his treasure means everything, so by the slave stealing his treasure he felt the need to take revenge like a child who had his candy stolen by an older child. . He was sneaky in only attacking at night because the dragon knew the villagers would be sleeping at that time, so it was easy access to come attack and scare the villagers. In Grendel, the dragon is depicted as being quite the opposite as the perspective in Beowulf. He describes to Grendel the dragons' voice as loud as an old man's and "his eyes were heavy-lidded, finely veined, wrinkled like those of an old mead drinker" (Gardner 58). Grendel speaks of the dragon as if he was as wise as an old man instead of a creature, the dragon was not like the others at the mead but treated Grendel as if he were human. While Grendel is afraid of the dragon and tries not to interrupt or touch his treasure, he actually respects the dragon's contribution and sits and listens to what it has to say even if he doesn't believe it or what it is. what he says is true. all the lies. He fears and respects the dragon and no matter how much 105-108).