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Fyffe Senior bloggers worked on Battle of the Royal Epics
Thursday, September 26, 2013
A Look Into the Monsters
I found the monsters of the epics Gilgamesh and Beowulf to be the more interesting characters. For them both to be monsters, they both are pretty different from the other. Humbaba, for example, was a servant to the gods, while Grendel hated them and was even referred to as a son of Caine. In Gilgamesh, Humbaba does not do anything to provoke the attack from Gilgamesh and Enkidu, but Grendel simply attacks and kills without remorse. Even though both are monsters, it does not mean that they both deserved the same end.
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I agree with you Graeham. Humbaba was not bothering anyone and he even worked for the gods. Unlike Humbaba, Grendel was killing the people of Herot and had to be stopped. Although they are both monsters, it does not mean that they both deserved to die.
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