Question

read these lines from beowulf. he realized that the demon was going to descend on the hall, that he had plotted all day, from dawn - light until darkness gathered again over the world and stealthy night - shapes came stealing forth under the cloud - murk. read this excerpt from grendel. thus i fled, ridiculous hairy creature torn apart by poetry — crawling, whimpering, streaming tears, across the world like a two - headed beast, like mixed - up lamb and kid at the tail of a baffled, indifferent ewe — and i gnashed my teeth and clutched the sides of my head as if to heal the split, but i couldnt. which statement best compares the two excerpts? grendel is described as an unfeeling creature in beowulf, but he is a sensitive and emotional character in grendel. grendel seems comical and ridiculous in beowulf, but he seems calm and calculating in grendel. beowulf acts cowardly in beowulf, but he behaves like a fearless hero in grendel. beowulf feels sympathy for grendel in beowulf, but he is jealous of grendel in grendel.

Explanation:

In Beowulf, Grendel is presented as a menacing, unfeeling demon. In Grendel, he is shown as a sensitive, emotional character (e.g., "whimpering, streaming tears"). The other options are incorrect: Grendel is not comical in Beowulf; Beowulf is always heroic in Beowulf; and there's no indication of Beowulf's jealousy or sympathy in the given excerpts.

Answer:

Grendel is described as an unfeeling creature in Beowulf, but he is a sensitive and emotional character in Grendel.