Which of the following is the best statement about beowulf? a. it is a long ballad originally written in middle english. b. it is an ancient work originally recorded by medieval clerics interested in preserving history. c. it is an epic poem of the oral tradition, and is the earliest known narrative in the english language. d. it is an archetypal heroic epic written in iambic pentameter.

Buck did not cry out. he did not check himself, but drove in upon spitz, shoulder to shoulder, so hard that he missed the throat. they rolled over and over in the powdery snow. spitz gained his feet almost as though he had not been overthrown, slashing buck down the shoulder and leaping clear. twice his teeth clipped together, like the steel jaws of a trap, as he backed away for better footing, with lean and lifting lips that writhed and snarled. read this passage. explain what the conflict shows about buck and spitz.