Both beowulf and grendel

a)are epic poems written hundreds of years ago.
b)tell the story of grendel’s encounters with humans.
c)are written in first-person point of view.
d)show the reader grendel’s perspective on events.

read the description of grendel from the epic poem beowulf.

if grendel wins, it will be a gruesome day;
he will glut himself on the geats in the war-hall,
swoop without fear on that flower of manhood
as on others before. then my face won’t be there
to be covered in death: he will carry me away
as he goes to ground, gorged and bloodied;
he will run gloating with my raw corpse
and feed on it alone, in a cruel frenzy,
fouling his moor-nest.

this version of grendel is more than the version in john gardner’s novel.

vicious
sensitive
anxious
gentle

in grendel, john gardner uses

first-person point of view to readers better understand beowulf’s feelings.
first-person point of view to readers see grendel’s side of a familiar story.
third-person point of view to give greater insight into all of the characters.
third-person point of view to give an impartial account of a well-known event.