MONSTERS
savage beasts, or simply misunderstood?
savage beasts, or simply misunderstood?
DRAGONS
 GIANTS
Grendel and his mother are giants, decendents of Cain.
“…hybrid offspring of angels materialized into human
form that had sexual relations with women on Earth” 
Jack and the Bean Stalk: giants are stupid, violent monsters
Roald Dahl- portrays giants as friendly
                   Fairy tales formed our modern perception of giants-
“... the other, warped 
in the shape of a man, moves beyond the pale 
bigger than any man, an unnatural birth 
called Grendel by the country people 
in former days.”

Dragons lived underground or in caves...
Dragons were ancient creatures that could fly and breathe fire.
... where
they
hoarded
gold
and 
treasures
Giants often opposed the Gods.
Anglo Saxons believed that giants often brought harm to them.
Sources:
http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Grendel
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_mythology
http://www.economicexpert.com/a/Giant.htm
http://www.sparknotes.com
England in Literature Classic Edition. (Textbook)
"She paid him back quickly
with angry claws..."
"She who had fiercely guarded,
grim and greedy, that water
for a hundred half-years
quickly saw that some man
from above was exploring
the monsters' home."