When Beowulf first speaks with Hrothgar, he says, “I have come so far,/ O shelterer of warriors and your people’s loved friend,/ That this one favor you should not refuse me […]”, what device is Beowulf using in this quote and why is he using it?

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. isn’t this like condemning socrates because his unswerving commitment to truth and his philosophical inquiries precipitated the act by the misguided populace in which they made him drink hemlock? isn’t this like condemning jesus because his unique god consciousness and never ceasing devotion to god’s will precipitated the evil act of crucifixion? what rhetorical technique does martin luther king employ in this excerpt from “letter from birmingham jail”? select all that apply. allusion extended metaphor figurative language simile