Grendel
The clash between good and evil has been a prominent theme in literature. The Bible presents the conflict between good and evil in the story of Adam and Eve. Many authors use the scene in the Bible in which the snake taunts and tempts Adam and Eve to take a bite of the apple of knowledge to demonstrate the frailty of humankind. John Gardner provides these same biblical allusions of good and evil in his novel, Grendel.
One of Grendel's archenemies is the human. Humans refuse to look beyond Grendel's unattractive exterior, and spend most of their days trying to kill Grendel. One night when Grendel is watching their mead hall, he sees them "treating their sword-blades with snake's venom"(Gardner 29). Another conflict between humans and serpents develops when Grendel is watching the Shaper for the first time. As he listens, he "snatche[s] up a snake from beside [his] foot"(40), and holds it in his fist as he listens to the Shaper sing. The snake represents the deceptive......
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