When Grendel says Hrothgars warriors became hornets (40), what literary
device is being used?

Figurative language

Explanation:

Figurative language simply has to do with using of words so that a clearer. It involves using the use of figures of speech to convey meaning to a particular thing without really having to state that thing.

With regards to the question, warriors becoming hornets simply means that the warriors became violent and were always ready to dying and attack.

d. murder of a son and cooking the son for a feast

procne murdered her son and served him to tereus, her husband and her son's father. she did this out of revenge. tereus raped her sister, philomela, and cut her tongue out to keep her from talking. philomela managed to communicate it to procne and procne sought revenge.

tantalus murdered his son and fed him to the gods because he was angry with the gods. the gods punished him by putting him in a pool of water that evaporates when he tries to drink and having fruit hang just out of his reach.

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