<h3><em>Answer: </em><em>The kennings show that the battle is not just between man and monster, but between forces of good and evil. Grendel is not just evil himself, but is a source and caretaker of evil.</em></h3>
The kennings show that the battle is not just between man and monster, but between forces of good and evil. Grendel is not just evil himself, but is a source and caretaker of evil.
This is taken from Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton. I can infer that it refers to the Chronicle of being traveling from Bettsbridge to Starkfield in pre-trolley days. This novel was created in 1911 and it was adapted into a film, called by the same name "Ethan Frome", in 1993.