Read these lines from beowulf. he realized that the demon was going to descend on the hall, that he had plotted all day, from dawn-light until darkness gathered again over the world and stealthy night-shapes came stealing forth under the cloud-murk. read this excerpt from grendel. thus i fled, ridiculous hairy creature torn apart by poetry—crawling, whimpering, streaming tears, across the world like a two-headed beast, like mixed-up lamb and kid at the tail of a baffled, indifferent ewe—and i gnashed my teeth and clutched the sides of my head as if to heal the split, but i couldn’t. which statement best compares the two excerpts? a. grendel is described as an unfeeling creature in beowulf, but he is a sensitive and emotional character in grendel. b. grendel seems comical and ridiculous in beowulf, but he seems calm and calculating in grendel. c. beowulf acts cowardly in beowulf, but he behaves like a fearless hero in grendel. d. beowulf feels sympathy for grendel in beowulf, but he is jealous of grendel in grendel.

The correct answer is A.

In the first passage, Grendel is described as a demon, a creature creeping in the darkness, waiting to attack.

On the other hand, in the second passage, Grendel is shown as a suffering character, grieving, crying, trying desesperately to stop the pain he was feeling.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

i think the answer is d.