Many hero stories or poems always get told from the perspective of the hero or someone telling the story about the hero. Not many stories or poems are about the monster that was defeated or their point of view. Gardner took the original hero story to the next level. By telling Grendel’s point of view, the readers learned how he felt about the humans and why he was considered an evil monster. As Grendel told the story of his past to his present, the reader starts to see everything he has learned from the humans, such as his expansion in vocabulary. The reader also sees what caused the confrontation between Hrothgar’s kingdom and Grendel. Seeing Grendel’s status as a monster gives the reader the dark side of what is going on and Grendel also gets to see what is going on in the forest between the kingdoms and the people that others do not see in a hero story.
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