The author of Beowulf shows Grendel's mother as a strong and combative monster. ... Grendel's mother is portrayed as powerful, aggressive and combative. ... They plot to get rid of her husband so they can be happy together. ...
After Beowulf defeats Grendel, "Beowulf's doings were praised over and over again. ... Later, after Oedipus speaks with Tiresias he begins to believe Creon is attempting to overthrow him, Oedipus says, "When my enemy moves against me quickly, plots in secret, I move quickly too, I must, I plot and pay him back. ...
"But Amy was right: nobody ever asks about the language. They ask the DeLillos and the Updikes and the Styrons, but they don't ask popular novelists."1 The above quote aptly illustrates the incredible bias that exists in academia today regarding popular literature. Many English departments are v...
