In John Gardner's Grendel, the Dragon's most important character trait is his complete and limitless knowledge of the past, present, and future, producing his biting and relentless sarcasm and his ability to understand the complete and utter irrelevance of the daily exploits of Grendel and humankind. Due to the Dragon's vast intelligence, he humorously toys with Grendel's mind and the concept that meaning and novelty lack intrinsic value.
[...] Irrelevant cynicism In John Gardner's Grendel, the Dragon's most important character trait is his complete and limitless knowledge of the past, present, and future, producing his biting and relentless sarcasm and his ability to understand the complete and utter irrelevance of the daily exploits of Grendel and humankind. Due to the Dragon's vast intelligence, he humorously toys with Grendel's mind and the concept that meaning and novelty lack intrinsic value. The Dragon expresses his view of relevance to Grendel: silent universe. [...]
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