Monsters and cultural others (those who depart from normative cultural standards) oftenbecome a projective space for the dominant cultures fear, anxieties, excesses, and flaws. The monsters/others, in their transgressions, may also challenge (or help to define) the dominantcultures norms. Choose one of the monsters from our reading thus farGrendel What do theoutsiders (literal or cultural) in these texts tell us about the dominant cultures values? Do theyreflect them, critique them, destroy them? Is the gulf between the normative and themonstrous as wide as it seems? Are the monsters ever heroic? I would like the monster discussed to be Grendel from Beowulf. I need arguable assertions and a counterargument as well. The source can only be Beowulf. I need quotes and citations from the text for supporting details.
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