Line 102-109 ~ Grendel was the name of this grim demon haunting the marches, marauding round the heath...Cain got no good from committing that murder
Grendel is from Cain's Clan. Cain killed his brother, Abel, because he was jealous and God cast him into exile. From Cain's anger and sorrow, came Grendel and other vicious monsters. Much like Cain, Grendel can't be aided by other men because of the mark placed on him by god, so he lives as an outcast. This is a parallelism to Cain's story. Grendel is like Cain because he is envious of the men in Heorot. He just wants to be loved by God like they are. Like Cain killing Abel, Grendel kills all of the men because he is jealous; he is resentful that God loves them instead of Grendel.
This is definitely one interpretation of Grendel: Grendel is resentful because he does not have God's love.
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