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Answer:
Grendel consider language to be very powerful which has the ability to create or destroy the world.
Explanation:
The author has used the theme of language in many ways in his novel, by trying to explore the meaning and power of literature and myth in the world.
"Grendel" is a novel written by John Gardner. The novel was completed in 1970, and published the following year in 1971. Grendel was the antagonist of the epic "Beowulf". Gardner has portrayed Grendel as an antihero in his novel. Grendel is a monster who is trying to explore and define his world by using language. Grendel he grows in his understanding how much powerful language can be and the power it possess to create or destroy the world.
He lives in a solitude with his mother on the outskirts of human civilization. It is language that makes Grendel different from the rest of his world. Language, which helps Grendel express himself, is the very reason also that isolates him from the rest of the natural world.
Shaper, a human poet in the novel, uses language very artfully, just like his name. He has the ability to make the lies seem very true and attractive. By creating the character of Shaper, Gardner had portrayed the power and deception that language possess.
