... from the peoples whom they plague, including physically, mentally, emotionally, symbolically, and oftentimes ideologically as well. In the old English epic, Beowulf, this pattern of making monsters out to be outsiders remains firmly in place, witnessed through the descriptions, attitudes, and actions of the fiend Grendel and his horrific Mother. There exists, however, a paradoxical symbolism within the epic's framework concerning this ... ...

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