Read micah’s inference about beowulf. beowulf does not fear death. read the passage from beowulf. if grendel wins, it will be a gruesome day; he will glut himself on the geats in the war-hall, swoop without fear on that flower of manhood as on others before. then my face won’t be there to be covered in death: he will carry me away as he goes to ground, gorged and bloodied; he will run gloating with my raw corpse and feed on it alone, in a cruel frenzy, fouling his moor-nest. no need then to lament for long or lay out my body: if the battle takes me, send back this breast-webbing that weland fashioned and hrethel gave me, to lord hygelac. fate goes ever as fate must." which sentence or phrase from the passage most likely micah make his inference? it will be a gruesome day; then my face won’t be there to be covered in death: if the battle takes me, send back this breast-webbing fate goes ever as fate must.

I believe the correct answer is: Fate goes ever as fate must.

     The sentence from the passage of “Beowulf”, an Old English epic poem, which most likely helped Micah make his inference that Beowulf doesn’t fear death is: “Fate goes ever as fate must”.

     While reading this excerpt you may notice that Beowulf is calmly assuming and describing what Grendel may do with his lifeless body not to prepare himself for his death, but the others, asking them not to lament from him. This conclusion is reached on the basis of the sentence: “Fate goes ever as fate must”, which shows that Beowulf doesn’t fear his fate, he accepted it, and therefore, doesn’t fear his death.

A phrase from the passage which most likely helped Micah make his inference is “fate goes ever as fate must.” This phrase is a good conclusion for Micah, that Beowulf is not afraid of his fate, whatever happens, he will accept it.

EXPLANATION  

The story of Beowulf  

Focuses on how the character Beowulf, as a hero of the Geats, comes to help the king of the Danes, Hrothgar. The king of the Danes' great hall is plagued by Grendel who is considered as a monster. Thus, Beowulf comes to help to defeat Grendel. Beowulf, with his bare-hand, beats Grendel. He also beats Grendel’s mother with the giant’s sword. After that, Beowulf becomes the king of the Geats.  

The passage above shows that Beowulf has a warrior spirit. He calmly assumed what might have happened if Grendel won a fight with him. From here, readers would know that Beowulf is ready with all the risks that might befall him. But Beowulf did not necessarily give up before competing, instead confirmed himself with the phrase: "fate goes ever as fate must".

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KEYWORDS: Beowulf, Grendel, Micah, Story of Beowulf, the story of Grendel and Beowulf  

Subject: English  

Class: 10-12  

Sub-chapter: Literature