Grendel Grendel is a symbol of evil in Beowulf. Grendel gave numerous symbols to show that he was evil, like his description, environment, actions, and words that others said about him. Grendel’s environment and description show him to be a symbol of evil. Grendel lived in darkness. Darkness symbolizes evil. It says in the poem “Grendel made his home in a hell not a hell but earth”/ (13,41). It describes Grendel as, “being spawned in …showed first 75 words of 745 total…

…showed last 75 words of 745 total…its grave: Grendel will carry our bloody flesh to the moors, crunch on our bones and smear torn scraps of our skin on the walls of his den”/ (18,198). There are just a few of the things that symbolize Grendel being evil, like his description, actions, and the words that others had said about him. But like always in these old folk tales the good always defeats the bad, just like Beowulf defeated Grendel. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**