Post by billfeng on Aug 17, 2013 1:50:50 GMT
Culture often pits two opposite and equal forces against each other.
The famous Chinese philosophy of Yin and Yang dictates that these contrary forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world. During their meeting in the cave, the Dragon tells Grendel:
In my perspective, Grendel is like Joker as Humanity is like Batman. (Two entities of evil and good that will forever be pitted against one another) Without evil, there can be no progress for what is good. I see Grendel as being predestined to clash with humanity until his demise, but many of you see different. Is Grendel's fate intertwined with that of humanity as the Dragon mentioned in Chapter Five? Or, could it be possible that the Dragon is "shaping" the innate, monstrous nature within Grendel? Was Grendel's change a result of his own free will?
The famous Chinese philosophy of Yin and Yang dictates that these contrary forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world. During their meeting in the cave, the Dragon tells Grendel:
“You improve them, my boy! Can’t you see that yourself? You stimulate them! You make them think and scheme. You drive them to poetry, science, and religion, all that makes them what they are for as long as they last. You are, so to speak, the brute existent by which they learn to define themselves… You are mankind, or man’s condition…” (73)
In my perspective, Grendel is like Joker as Humanity is like Batman. (Two entities of evil and good that will forever be pitted against one another) Without evil, there can be no progress for what is good. I see Grendel as being predestined to clash with humanity until his demise, but many of you see different. Is Grendel's fate intertwined with that of humanity as the Dragon mentioned in Chapter Five? Or, could it be possible that the Dragon is "shaping" the innate, monstrous nature within Grendel? Was Grendel's change a result of his own free will?
