tation of the character Beowulf, he is viewed as a conniving snake that is feared by his fellows. People see him in an unsettling manner, with tense attitudes, and resented feelings. The Danes sat sulking, watching the strangers eat, wishing some one of them would give them an excuse to use their daggers.(159) The Danes are very jealous of Beowulfs men. The status of a person, in that time, is determined by the amount of beasts and monsters they have defeated. This is why the character Beowulf and the top man in Hrothgars hall are seemingly always on each others throat. Beowulf is seen as a threat, not only to Grendel, but to the people of Hrothgars hall. Also, they view him as an insane guy who would do anything to be in the spotlight. I understood at the last look in his eyes. He was insane. (162) When a person does anything to get his status , and receive his honor, even to the point of dying for no reason, he is crazy. In the novel Grendel, Beowulf did just so. This makes the people of Hrothgars hall fear him, and let him have his way. This results in him killing Beowulf, and the other monsters within Hrothgars kingdom.Gardners novel, and the unknown authors poem, had many similarities including the plot and setting. But the differences were immense in the character of Beowulf. He is everything of an epic hero in the play, and in the novel, he is a cunning fearful snake, that will do anything for fame. These differences go to show how writers have different takes on other peoples work. This creates diversity in the wonderful world of literature....
