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which statement best describes grendel's perspective?
ng, swords whonking,
and doors of the meadhall
es reared and fell over
bats in a fire, men
ng speeches, dying or
, sneaking off
e driven back, sometimes
down, sometimes they'd
and make his people give
he enjoys watching the violent men kill one another.
o he admires the powerful weapons and strong men.
o he wishes to be part of the excitement somehow.
he feels disgusted by the wasteful natul of war.
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not in a way i could

i think the answer might compound

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.