"They personify the negative selfish side of the ego, the side that has given the word 'ego' a bad name, and their journey reveals the dark or downside of the cycle."

"Villains become anti-heroes when the story is about them; when we see the process they undergo to become villains."

Grendel shows the main character's most evil thoughts and what made him the way he is, defying society's typical pattern
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