People are fascinated with evil, good is too predictable. People know what they are getting when they see something good. A movie about someone helping one hundred starving people wouldn't do nearly as well as a movie about someone shooting up a hundred innocent victims. Most of the people that enjoy these kind of movies would never do something like this in real life, thus the basis of it's appeal. Being nice and good is almost considered normal.

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Grendel is more interesting than Beowulf for the same reasons. Beowulf is like the stereotype hero. These heroes almost stay constant from story to story. The villains on the other hand are always different and always have exciting new characteristics. This is what keeps your interest. While Beowulf's character gets kind of boring and predictable, the villain, Grendel's character is un-predictable. It is never expected to do anything normal. A lot of times people will watch someone they hate just to see what he is going to do next.

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The author uses a number of things to describe Grendel as evil. He says: "'Till the monster stirred, that demon, that fiend, Grendel, who hated the moors, the wild marshes, who made his home in a hell, not hell but earth. H

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