Grendel isn’t like other animals with horns; he has the ability to speak. Grendel’s mother does not have this ability. Grendel has a love- hate relationship with language. At the beginning of the story he didn’t quite understand the basics of language. The language in Grendel deals with philosophy and as he continues to narrate his philosophy and language changes. As the story progresses the way Grendel narrates begins to mature. He knew him and the humans shared a common tongue. He understood most of the things humans talked about, but he also learned new things, like curse words. He falls in love with what the shaper sings, and then he begins to hate it because the shaper lies. He trusts what the dragon says and realizes everything the shaper says is wrong, and gives Grendel an anti- life point of view. That language doesn’t matter. Nothing will ever matter because it has already been predetermined and this is where Grendel begins not to care so much.
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