Read the excerpt from grendel.
"i clamped my palms to my ears and stretched up my lips and shrieked again: a stab at truth, a snatch at apocalyptic glee. then i ran on all fours, chest pounding, to the smoky mere."
what does the author use in this excerpt to develop grendel’s character?
a. the creature’s actions
b. the creature’s thoughts
c. beowulf’s words
d. beowulf’s perspective

a. the creature’s actions

Explanation:

In the excerpt from the novel "Grendel," the author John Gardner directs attention to the Grendel's actions to reveal the protagonist's characterization. Actually, he mentions how at the sight of Hrothgar's kingdom the creature moves his hands and mouth to scream, and then runs away to the lake.

The rest of the options are incorrect because in the excert the author does not mention neither Grendel's thoughts nor Beowulf's words or viewpoint.

english novelist and poet, the eldest of the three brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of english literature.

she enlisted in school at roe head in january 1831, aged 14 years. she left the year after to teach her sisters, emily and anne, at home, returning in 1835 as a governess. in 1839 she undertook the role as governess for the sidgwick family, but left after a few months to return to haworth where the sisters opened a school, but failed to attract pupils. instead they turned to writing and they each first published in 1846 under the pseudonyms of currer, ellis and acton bell. her first novel the professor was rejected by publishers, her second novel jane eyre was published in 1847. the sisters admitted to their bell pseudonyms in 1848, and by the following year were celebrated in london literary circles.

brontë experienced the early deaths of all her siblings. she became pregnant shortly after her marriage in june 1854 but died on 31 march 1855, almost certainly from hyperemesis gravidarum, a complication of pregnancy which causes excessive nausea and vomiting.

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