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Post by yongkim on Sept 4, 2013 4:44:45 GMT
Many of you have already touched on the subject of seasonal changes for Grendel. In Chapter 7 and 9, Grendel explains how winter has prevented him from interfering with the humans, essentially giving Grendel no source of amusement. The quote above is the first sentence in Chapter 10, and those words explain Grendel's situation quite well. However, the situation following these words was very intriguing to me. When a goat approaches his mere, Grendel attempts to kill an innocent goat due to its "bottomless stupidity". Grendel succeeds in hitting the goat, even splitting its skull, but the goat continues on its path. Does Grendel continue to throw stones at the nearly dead goat solely due to his boredom? Also, Gardner decides not to kill off the goat in the book as he concludes the paragraph with Grendel picking up another stone to throw. Is Gardner implying something by not ending the battle between the goat and Grendel? If so, what is he implying?
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