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? grendel is described as an unfeeling creature in beowulf, but he is a sensitive and emotional character in grendel. grendel seems comical and ridiculous in beowulf, but he seems calm and calculating in grendel. beowulf acts cowardly in beowulf, but he behaves like a fearless hero in grendel. beowulf feels sympathy for grendel in beowulf, but he is jealous of grendel in grendel.

A - Grendel is described as an unfeeling creature in Beowulf, but he is a sensitive and emtiona character in Grendel

Explanation:

In the Beowulf excerpt, Grenel is considered a 'demon' that plots all day while in Grendel he is 'mixed-up' and 'whimpering, streaming tears'.

I believe the answer to be A as well:  Grendel is described as an unfeeling creature in Beowulf, but he is a sensitive and emotional character in Grendel.

Explanation:

Beowulf is one of the most famous epic poems of all time. It takes the name of its main character, the hero Beowulf, who fights and defeats three monsters: Grendel, Grendel's mother, and a dragon.

In Beowulf, Grendel is described as a man-eating monster, incapable of feeling, whose only purpose is to kill. The excerpt given for analysis shows precisely that: 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.

However, when we read the excerpt from Grendel, by John Gardner, a new light is shone onto the character. He is not a monster as portrayed in Beowulf. He has feelings, he suffers; but since he has a monstrous appearance and seems incapacle of expressing himself, he is misunderstood: 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.

the answer is definitely option c. "sonnet xxxi best illustrates the division. in the octave, the poet observes that the moon is in love. in the sestet, he gives his reaction to the fickleness of woman's love."