I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it. I said, "Is it good friend?" "It is bitter-bitter," he answered; "But I like it Because it is bitter And because it is my heart." - Stephen Crane This reflects how both Grendel and Frankenstein must have felt during their lonely lives. The monsters simply wanted to live as the rest of society does. …showed first 75 words of 2125 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2125 total…to overlook his configuration. The two monsters' superiority to humans can be seen in their ability to live in a society that has excommunicated them; their true heroism in place of society's romantic view, and the ignorance on which society's opinion of the monsters is based. Frankenstein's monster and Grendel not only seem to manifest society's fears; they also speak of nature to inform us that we do not have to be afraid of them.