“My enemies define themselves (as the dragon told me) on me. As for myself, I could finish them off in a single night […] yet I hold back. I am hardly blind to the absurdity. Form is function. What will we call the Hrothgar-Wrecker when Hrothgar has been wrecked? (p.79)” PurposeBalanceVillainAbsurdityYin And YangGrendelJohngardner Book:Grendel Source: Grendel