Read the excerpt from Grendel. I was safe in my tree, and the men who fought were nothing to me, except of course that they talked in something akin to my language, which meant that we were, incredibly, related. I was sickened, if only at the waste of it: all they killed—cows, horses, men—they left to rot or burn. I sacked all I could and tried to store it, but my mother would growl and make faces because of the stink.

How is Grendel characterized in this excerpt?

He is weak and easily disgusted by dead animals.
He is careful and respectful of animal life.
He is cruel and disobedient to his mother’s wishes.
He is considerate and mindful of the fighting men.

What does a comparison show? (5 points) a)how two things separate b)how two things are similar c)how two things conflict d)how two things are different

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.

How do you think the political and social strife of england influenced jonathan swift ? how were these problems connected to reason