Is beowulf a fictional or historical character? what about other leading characters in the poem?

Beowulf is a fictional character who is a symbol of power and bravery. As for some leading characters in the poem there is only one character who is a historic character and that is "Hygelac" the king of Geats.
Actually it is this character "Hygelac", which has drawn the attention of many scholars and helped them appoint the date when the poem was written.

most likely the answer would be a.) cupidity

definitions:

cupidity - greed for money or possessions

hydrophobia - extreme or irrational fear of water, especially as a symptom of rabies in humans

pathology - the science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic

patho -   relating to disease