Question

In a response of two to three sentences, explain how the action described in the following lines helps show Grendel as a monster. (20 points)

"He beheld in the hall the heroes in numbers,
A circle of kinsmen sleeping together,
A throng of thanemen: then his thoughts were exultant,
He minded to sunder, from each of the thanemen
The life from his body"

Answer 1

The following lines helped shows Grendel as a monster because as the kinsmen were sleeping, without them knowing that Grendel appeared, Grendel became excited(exultant) as the he saw the men were resting. He killed the sleeping men by splitting their bodies apart violently and gruesomely.