Darkness by Sydney Vaughn

GRENDEL- music

SydneyVaughn — 2015-10-22 03:37:02 UTC

This song characterizes the genre of music that Grendel would listen to because it fits the idea of a big scary monster. When Grendel says, "I silently sack up my dead and withdraw to the woods," I think of this song. It's chaotic and scary just like Grendel is when everyone sees him and runs, and he smiles "like exploding spring." Everyone is praying for forgiveness and pleading for help and Grendel is just happily watching them in misery. It's like he's been held up for some time now, and has just been released and all hell has broken loose.

GRENDEL- image

SydneyVaughn — 2015-10-29 13:32:43 UTC

This image depicts the visualization of the monster, Grendel, very well. In the text, Grendel was described as showing great strength. He "snatched up thirty men/smashed them unknowingly in their beds..." This image shows a large, distressed monster covered in blood. When the author describes the attacks, this is an adequate image of what I see.

Classmate's View

SydneyVaughn — 2015-11-02 18:03:02 UTC

I decided to post Kylie Holloway’s link to the poem "Darkness" by Lord Byron (George Gordon.) Kylie is in 8th period, and I thought her link to the poem was very similar to my own. She attached a picture that portrays the idea of an apocalypse. I, too, attached a similar image. The black and white creates an idea of life ending. She wrote about the creepy feeling that the poem gave her and how the image gave her that same creepy feeling. I can completely see where she gets this "eerie" feeling, and I get it as well.

News Article

SydneyVaughn — 2015-11-03 14:57:59 UTC

After 11 years of curiosity, my countrymen and I could hardly wait to sit down with alleged serial killer, Grendel. Fear was not our only concern when sitting down with him; however, King Hrothgar should've put him behind bars years ago. Not one attempt was made at me or my cameramen to consume us. In fact, he seemed like a really likeable guy. Grendel did admit to killing and consuming hundreds of men over the last 11 years.
Our first subject was childhood; Grendel was brought to tears when speaking of his late (and shunned) parents. "They raised me to be who I am today, and I don't resent their decisions or regret mine," Grendel said while choking up.

"Do you wish your parents had left you with siblings?"
"It definitely gets lonely sometimes and the aftacks would be a whole lot more fun if I had a brother beside me."
"Do you have plans to marry or have kids yourself?"
"...that's actually why I've been doing these attacks. I've had my eye on this girl going on twelve years now. I'm trying to impress her, but every time I come in town, she runs away. I can't tell you who though; I'm too embarrassed."
Well, there ya have it folks! This special girl might be the key to stopping these attacks. Thanks to Grendel for sitting down and talking with is!
Sydney Vaughn

Scholarly Article

SydneyVaughn — 2015-11-04 17:19:39 UTC

During the summer of last year, Joan Acocella wrote an article about John Ronald Reuel who was able to translate "Beowulf". This translation was never published by himself or by anyone during his lifetime. His son, Christopher, found it in a drawer and presented it; apparently, it's "a thrill." The article makes many comparisons of Beowulf and Tolkien himself. For example, they were both orphans, they both grew up in the West Midlands, and liked golden treasure and "coiled dragons." The article also summarizes "Beowulf" in addition to talking about Tolkien. First, comes the description of the monster, Grendel. He hates music and has been killing residents of Hearot after dark for twelve years. The article uses the poem's passage to describe the summary about one of his visits. He broke open the door, found joy when everyone was asleep, and then violently ate several men. Grendel acts childlike because he has a monstrous mother who babies him. Beowulf is a very large, strong man who was able to kill Grendel but faced the wrath of his mother and killed her too. Beowulf, on his hero streak, fights a dragon and wins of course, He becomes the King of the Geats and rules them for fifty years, and at eighty years old, must fight once more. After winning this last battle, his knights had to say goodbye to Beowulf because he was dead. Tolkien was so in love with this story, that he couldn't publish his translation to it. He would die before trying to perfect it because it wasn't possible to him.