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It just kinda bothers me that no one decided to add this seeing as moments from the film have been included in this section.
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* Foreshadowing: In the animated movie, the shaper sings an ironically happy song about Grendel and mentions that 'Removal of an arm or two would benefit us all'. This alludes to the method Beowulf uses to kill Grendel near the end of the film.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Beowulf in the animated movie is even more malicious and creepy than in the book.
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* ByronicHero: Grendel.
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* DeathByAdaptation: Poor Unferth gets stabbed in the back by Beowulf in the animated movie.
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* DoomedByCanon: Guess who.
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* CryForTheDevil
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* NietzscheWannabe: The dragon, who also manages to convince Grendel to stop trying to make up with the Danes and just kill them instead.
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* StrawNihilist: The dragon, who also manages to convince Grendel to stop trying to make up with the Danes and just kill them instead.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: [[invoked]]Grendel is a poor lonely misunderstood guy who can't communicate with humans despite not meaning them any harm. [[StartOfDarkness At first.]] Beowulf, on the other hand, is a psychopath.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: [[invoked]]Grendel is a poor lonely misunderstood guy who can't communicate with humans despite not meaning them any harm. [[StartOfDarkness At first.]] Beowulf, on the other hand, is a psychopath.cold-blooded killer.
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* AntiNihilist: While he's ruining Grendel's various body parts, Beowulf, according to Grendel's increasingly all-too-literally addled mind, begins chanting to him that, no matter how cruel and meaningless the suffering of the world may be, no matter what damage is inflicted, the world will always recover and regenerate in the end.
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* {{PrecisionF-Strike}}: "you're crazy," I say. "If you think I created that wall that cracked my head, you're a fucking lunatic."
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* {{PrecisionF-Strike}}: "you're crazy," I say. "If you think I created that wall that cracked my head, you're a fucking lunatic."
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* [[spoiler: DownerEnding: [[ForegoneConclusion Grendel dies from his wounds after his fight with Beowulf]]. His final thoughts are about how, unlike the Shaper, his "funeral" will be attended by only the animals that he's grown to hate and shows that he seems to have completely accepted the dragon's hideous worldview.]]
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* TheFourLoves: Grendel seeks Storge and Phileo but can't find it because he can't communicate with the humans well.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Is the dragon real, or is it just a figment of Grendel's imagination? Convincing arguments could be made for both.
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* AxCrazy: Grendel thinks that Beowulf is this, and it's kind of hard to argue with him.
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* ButtMonkey: Unferth.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: In-Universe, the dragon's "lesson" for Grendel basically amounts to "everything in life sucks and you should be a bastard to everyone".
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* StartOfDarkness: Grendel starts out simply being misunderstood. However as he endures more and after his talks with the Dragon (who is not a good role model to say the least), he starts becoming more violent, aggressive, and starts deliberately killing people instead of trying to make friends with them.
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* HumansAreBastards: Grendel means no harm to the people, but they treat him as a horrible monster.
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* {{Epigraph}}: Opens with a quotation from "The Mental Traveller" by [[Creator/WilliamBlake]].
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* {{Epigraph}}: Opens with a quotation from "The Mental Traveller" by [[Creator/WilliamBlake]].[[Creator/WilliamBlake William Blake]].
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* {{Epigraph}}: Opens with a quotation from "The Mental Traveller" by [[Creator/WilliamBlake]].
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation - AlternateCharacterInterpretation: [[invoked]]Grendel is a poor lonely misunderstood guy who can't communicate with humans despite not meaning them any harm. [[StartOfDarkness At first.]]
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* FauxSymbolism - Lots, fueling many an English Literature professor.
* HeManWomanHater - Apparently being raised by a barely-sentient monster doesn't help one's view of women. Grendel might be applying little bit of HoYay jealousy to the king's wife as well.
* HumanoidAbomination - What Grendel perceives Beowulf as. Aside from his strength, Grendel can't help but notice something ''[[UncannyValley wrong]]'' about his face and shoulders, which isn't helped by Grendel's pain-induced hallucinations featuring Beowulf sprouting flaming wings.
* HumansAreBastards - Grendel means no harm to the people, but they treat him as a horrible monster.
* NietzscheWannabe - The dragon, who also manages to convince Grendel to stop trying to make up with the Danes and just kill them instead.
* HeManWomanHater - Apparently being raised by a barely-sentient monster doesn't help one's view of women. Grendel might be applying little bit of HoYay jealousy to the king's wife as well.
* HumanoidAbomination - What Grendel perceives Beowulf as. Aside from his strength, Grendel can't help but notice something ''[[UncannyValley wrong]]'' about his face and shoulders, which isn't helped by Grendel's pain-induced hallucinations featuring Beowulf sprouting flaming wings.
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DragonHoard: The dragon not only hoards gold, he also advises Grendel that the only point of life is to "find a pile of gold and sit on it."
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*HumanoidAbomination - HumanoidAbomination: What Grendel perceives Beowulf as. Aside from his strength, Grendel can't help but notice something ''[[UncannyValley wrong]]'' about his face and shoulders, which isn't helped by Grendel's pain-induced hallucinations featuring Beowulf sprouting flaming wings.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Grendel himself has at least two such moments while [[spoiler: Beowulf is smacking his head against the wall]].
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* DeadpanSnarker: Grendel himself has at least two such moments while [[spoiler: Beowulf is smacking his head against the wall]].
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''Grendel'' is a novel by John Gardner, retelling the epic of ''{{Beowulf}}'' from the point of view of the monster Grendel.
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''Grendel'' is a novel by John Gardner, retelling the epic of ''{{Beowulf}}'' ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}'' from the point of view of the monster Grendel.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation - Grendel is a poor lonely misunderstood guy who can't communicate with humans despite not meaning them any harm. [[StartOfDarkness At first.]]
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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel - You know how Beowulf is usually presented as a BadAss? Well, imagine being on the other side of that ass kicking. In this version, Beowulf is ''terrifying''.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotDidactic: On quite a few reading lists, as an introduction to Existentialism. Probably was written for this in mind, however.
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* HumanoidAbomination - What Grendel perceives Beowulf as. Aside from his strength, Grendel can't help but notice something ''[[UncannyValley wrong]]'' about his face and shoulders, which isn't helped by Grendel's pain-induced hallucinations featuring Beowulf sprouting flaming wings.
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There might be a little bit of complaining. Not sure.
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* HeManWomanHater - Apparently being raised by a barely-sentient monster doesn't help one's view of women. Grendel might be applying little bit of HoYay jealousy to the king's wife as well.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotDidactic: On quite a few reading lists, as an introduction to Existentialism. Probably was written for this in mind, however.
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* BadassGrandpa - For what it's worth, this version has the dragon speak in the voice of an old, old man.
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