I just feel humiliated. My entire goal in life was to be a warrior. I have always dreamed of experiencing the feeling of being great, being respected, being known. I wanted to live up to the highest standards and looked upon as a role model for younger men of the kingdom. I wished to lead my army into battle and win glorious battles. I wanted to make my country proud. I wanted to be someone who others feared, but respected. I wanted to be a hero.
All of my dreams and aspirations were crushed the day I encountered Grendel. That filthy, no good, rude, cynical monster embarrassed me. He made me look weak, though no human can withstand his magical power. He bashed my character. He took away my dignity. He crushed me. I sought revenge up until the day that another being came into my life who destroyed any bit of hope left in me of being a hero. His name is Beowulf. I dislike him very much. This man who thinks he is the greatest thing on Earth and owns everything in the land. How can he just come into our kingdom and demand the attention of everyone? I highly doubt even his arrogant self can defeat such a beast as Grendel. I hope he fails, that way I will not be the only one to bear shame anymore.
I despise them both and one day I will redeem myself.
Hey Selena,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your piece on Unferth and his diary (although I doubt a masculine figure like him would even keep a diary). However, I really liked your train-of-thought style of writing; it really made me feel like Unferth was reading his thoughts aloud to me. Good job!
I thought you really captured Unferth's character and thoughts well. I like how Unferth feels sort of similar about Grendel and Beowulf, even though most people would definitely feel differently about them! It showed Unferth's unique situation.
ReplyDeleteSelena, I think that you have great character development in this piece— a lot of character depth. Its interesting how Unferth feels that Beowulf is arrogant, but is at the same time arrogant himself in the way he writes. I really enjoyed reading Unferth's diary.
ReplyDeletefilthy, no good, rude and cynical. I like that description of Grendel from Unferth's POV. The desire to make others proud fuels both his humiliation and his anger. Good job.
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