Comparing Grendel and Hitler

Composed in Anglo-Saxon England, the epic poem "Beowulf" deals with the adventures of a hero battling the forces of evil in the world. The monsters in "Beowulf" personify this evil. The universal literary theme of good vs. evil, found in many epic poems, climates in the various battles between Beowulf and the monsters. While the monster Grendel represents evil in the Anglo-Saxon tale, a human being, Adolf Hitler has become synonymous with evil in the 20…

…find that it is sickening, and amazing to see that there are people in the world who can actually be compared to a fiction monster. This monster which someone had to create in there head because they do not know any one person who is that evil. As I think to myself, if there are still people in the world who are as evil as this, society could not have progressed very much. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**