Which line from Grendel best shows the darker side of the character Beowulf? A. He paused, his eyebrows cocked, and glanced at the coastguard
and smiled. (155)
B. The stranger smiled on, his downward-slanting eyes like empty
pits. (161)
C. The sea-pale eyes of the stranger were focused on nothing. (155)
D. The stranger stopped eating, smiled. (160)

moon-letters were a method of writing invented by the dwarves. moon-letters were ordinary runes, but written in such a way that they could only be read when the light of the moon shone behind the writing. some moon-letters could be read by any moonlight, but it was possible to make the writing even more secret. more sophisticated moon-letters could only be read by the light of the same shape of moon, or at the same time of year, as when they were written. hope this !

the significance of the title, "the passing", is related to the fact that the main characters, who are three african-american descendant women, are passing as white. this means that, because of their light-coloured skins they look like white women. one of the three friends, clare, is married to a white man and she lives in a white community and she has never told her husband that she is black. the title can easily be connected to the idea of pretending to be someone you are not and of losing your real identity in order to be accepted by society.