The Ugly Duckling “Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other good”(Aristotle). The Epic Poem Beowulf shows how men lived thousands of years ago. Like most other epic poems the readers learn lessons about life. This particular story follows Beowulf, who was on a mission to destroy the infamous monster Grendel. Beowulf succeeds and kills Grendel and becomes hero in the country. Grendel’s looks, actions and attitude made him an…showed first 75 words of 538 total…

…showed last 75 words of 538 total…ooks forced him into being an outcast in the society he was raised in. The Epic Poem Beowulf was a classic tale on how a society treats an outcast. Grendel had no friends in his life, he fought so he could prove he was better than them, and if he lost he would have lost nothing except his life, but that alone was not worth living for with out any friends.