Beowulf, lines 1-1250

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For all that Grendel is such an important figure in the first third of Beowulf, we're not given an especially direct view of him. Instead, Grendel is presented almost as if in a series of flashes or brief film takes. Study the passages discussing Grendel and pull them together into the most coherent picture you can. Who is Grendel? What sort of creature is he? What sort of mind does he have? Make the most coherent picture you can out of the fragments the poet gives us.