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the treasures that fill up their home. The men identify themselves ashumans through their daily activities and treasures.At times the king’s thane, full of grand stories, mindful ofsongs, who remembered much, a great many of the old tales,found other words truly bound together; he began again torecite with skill the adventure of Beowulf adeptly tell an apttale, and weave his words. (Liuzza 74)Here, the men begin to display their significant attachment to thephysical space through the strategy of story telling. The men sing oftheir identity and the importance of being clearly differentiated asa human. The men need to be able to define who they are so theycan solidify the fact that they are not different or monstrous but thatthey make up what it is considered to be the norm of their time.The monstrous physical space exists on the border of the humanworld. The monstrous space is dark and scary. Grendel lives in themoors, which the humans consider to be separate from their physicalspace. The humans believe that Grendel does not have a humanidentity because of his otherness. Grendel is different from the men,which they solidify through song. They are not able to identify withhis physical appearance or actions. Therefore, it is essential to theexistence of the human identity to reside in a separate physical spacethan the monsters.The clear distinction between human physical space andmonstrous physical space becomes blurred when Grendel irruptsinto the reality of the men’s physical space and their identity. Grendelirrupts into the physical space of the human men by invading themead hall, Heorot. Grendel creates confusion among the men.How can someone who is so utterly different come to be withintheir physical space? The men knew exactly who they were and hada clear definition of their destinies; “Thus this lordly people lived inlaura lucyshyn 145
joy, / blessedly, until one began / to work his foul crimes- a fiendfrom hell” (Liuzza 99-101.) Grendel forces the men to question theirexistence and identity as humans. Someone who is other, a monster,has destroyed the physical comfort of home.Thus the foe of mankind, fearsome and solitary, oftencommitted his many crimes, cruel humiliations; he occupiedHeorot, the jewel-adorned hall, in the dark nights- he sawno need to salute the throne, he scorned the reassures; he didnot know their love. (Luizza 164-169)Here, Grendel reveals his need for an identity. He cannot identifyhimself within the humans physical home. He recognizes that hedoes not belong in the human’s physical space; he knows that he isdifferent. Grendel decides to invade the human’s physical space inan attempt to take away the humans identity. If Grendel does nothave a worthy identity then why should the humans? The quote alsosuggests the manner in which the humans separate their identityfrom Grendels’ existence. The humans view Grendel as an enemy ofthe humans, which suggests his otherness. Grendel is not consideredor invited to become a part of the human existence. This causesanimosity to build up inside Grendel because all he truly wants is tobelong. Both the men and Grendel experience a confusion and lossof identity through the separation and irruption of physical space.The humans ultimately view Grendel as being physically homelessbecause they do not consider him to be a part of their physical space.Jo Phelan and others bring up a very interesting question, “does thepresence of homelessness similarly affect the attitudes of variousdemographic groups and of those who have varying amounts ofcontact with homeless people?” (327). Liuzza’s text, Beowulf, doessuggest the influence that Grendel’s presence has on Hrothgarand his men. The men feel that their physical space and identity is146 afternoons of alterity
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Table of ContentsFrom Medieval Mars
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From Medieval Marsh Monsters toFutu
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imagination, we must first attempt
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seed of monstrosity within themselv
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essence as a monster, it seems reas
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she bore two sons, one from the imp
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perhaps, anti-heroes) of the futuri
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to watch the murder and mutilation
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and modern audiences through their
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Works Cited“Bushwhacked.” Firef
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Projecting Otherness ontothe Disabl
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in any systematic structuration. An
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The idea of the monstrous’ vulner
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not us and are in the proximity of
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they want to be treated. The interv
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Monstrosity and theIrruption of Rea
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describing his fears of this place
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stained with sin” (Spearing 221).
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often and at will to show man somet
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What’s Love Got To Do With It?The
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story than as the beginning? What f
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It is textual content like this tha
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through the story as the Green Knig
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the first advocating voices for end
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“capable of seeing things objecti
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Darkness: The True Monster ofLitera
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the way they can make us feel, but
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not only closes out, extinguishes,
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and temptation, most especially for
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hours “led to the term ‘night
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specifically his relationship to da
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humanization of Grendel draws the r
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subconscious the message may be. Th
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Serial MonstrosityEmily Mastrobatti
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is clear that they are monsters and
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murderer that he once was. He has b
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of the killing, “When investigato
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ook “contains recipes from the bo
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asks Charles Manson to marry her, t
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Monstrous Mothers andObjectified Da
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and her sisters plot to kill their
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easons for “otherness.” On top
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The original ideas are still intact
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objectified creature. “Cultures o
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Works CitedAcker, P. Horror and the
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Grendel: A Manifestation ofMedieval
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Page 106 and 107: Works CitedBeowulf. Trans. RM Liuzz
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