Which passage from the poem best describes Grendel’s nature?
Answer choices for the above question
A. “All were endangered; young and old / were hunted down by that dark death-shadow”
B. “Oh, cursed is he / who in time of trouble has to thrust his soul / in the fire's embrace, forfeiting help;”
C. “When he heard about Grendel, Hygelac's thane / was on home ground, over in Geatland. / There was no one else like him alive.”
D. “Instead, they inspected omens and spurred / his ambition to go, whilst he moved about / like the leader he was, enlisting men, / the best he could find;”
