If you are talking about Beowulf, then Grendel is the representation of Cain. He is descendant of Cain, who committed the first murder ever. Cain and Abel were Adam and Eve's sons, and since Cain was jealous of Abel, he killed his own brother. Thus, every descendant of his is cursed, which is why Grendel is a monster.
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their wasn't many human rights violations gender roles began to change due to different invention from tampons to birth control witch made it possible for women to take on different roles. This applies to western countries next we have the different ideals and cultures for example middle eastern countries were women are treated as property and are beat and killed with no punishment to the aggressor. The 2 things i would focus on is religion and and culture witch leads to the ideologies in these places
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I believe it is c they were ruled by emperors