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Define allusion (look in the "Glossary of Literary Terms"). What allusion is used to describe

Grendel? Why is the allusion used? What is the Beowulf poet saying about evil in lines
105-110?

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what is the beowulf poet say about evil: For Cain got no joy from committing that wrong, but God banished him away from mankind.

Step-by-step explanation:define allusion: an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

what allusion is used to describe grendel: When the author describes Grendel, he describes him as a monster and relates him to Cain: 'Till the monster stirred, that demon, that fiend Grendel who haunted the moors, the wild marshes, and made his home in a hell. Not hell but hell on earth.

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