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.