Grendel: Direct and Indirect Characterization Beowulf, an epic poem written by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet, is a story about an epic hero named Beowulf who comes to the Danes to fight many monsters and save the people of the Danes. The first enemy Beowulf fights is a creature named Grendel. Grendel is described as a large non-human creature with large claws. That’s mostly all that is directly given about Grendel’s appearance, leaving the reader to picture Grendel as they like. Besides physical appearance the author does indirectly describe Grendel’s family and his personality. In this poem, Grendel’s character traits are described using direct and indirect quotes from the author. As stated above, the author uses direct characterization
