Beowulf - The Psychology of Grendel

Psychologists oft look to a persons former(prenominal) and upbringing to explain the demand for their actions as adults. Some authors hear the development of their characters from youth to adulthood through the use of a Bildungsroman. John Gardner did this in his original Grendel, a companion to the eighth century poem Beowulf. This option of structure allows the lector to seek not just ane part of Grendels breeding, but the entirety of it. The reader sees Grendels development as a sheltered child, suffocated by his mother, to an adult facing death. This allows the reader to view the characters in polar lights throughout the novel.\nThe first level is his childhood, which he spends naively exploring, good by any well(p) thought (SparkNotes). The book begins in spring which symbolizes growth and transition which is exactly what is happening when Grendel goes exploring, exhibit his rebellious side. Grendels wandering leads to a new finding, his discovery of the lake of Firesnakes and life beyond. It is the first sign of oddness and bravery and his first musical note toward adulthood. The second step, which is considered to have make Grendel an adult, happens when the bull attacks him, forcing him to realize that the piece follows no rules (SparkNotes). When I was a child I rattling deald: Unthinking love as calm and slurred as the North Sea. tho I have lived, and at a cadence I do not sleep (Gardner). \nAs Grendel ventures make headway and further by from his mother, bid most teens tend to do, he goes through a time of depression. He exhibits the behaviors of a nihilist. A nihilist is someone who acts upon substance and absolute destructiveness to the world and oneself. Nihilists bank that life has no meaning, purpose, or value. He screamed and begged for his mother to recognise and help him right away and it wasnt until he was nearly killed by the strange new creatures, called the humans, that she came for him. For all(prenomina l) child there is a time when they get scu...