Read the excerpt from grendel. it wasn’t because he threw that battle-ax that i turned on hrothgar. that was mere midnight foolishness. i dismissed it, thought of it afterward only as you remember a tree that fell on you or an adder you stepped on by accident, except of course that hrothgar was more to be feared than a tree or snake. it wasn’t until later, when i was full-grown and hrothgar was an old, old man, that i settled my soul on destroying him—slowly and cruelly.

what does the author use in this excerpt to develop grendel’s character? grendel’s words
grendel’s thoughts
hrothgar’s words
hrothgar’s perspective

In this excerpt, the author uses Grendel's thoughts to develop Grendel's character.

The novel Grendel written by John Gardner in 1971 tells the story of Beowulf but from the point of view of Grendel, who was one of the antagonists of the poem. In that way, the novel is written in first person and it presents Grendel's thoughts and ideas. In the excerpt provided, the author characterizes Grendel through his thoughts since he is the narrator and not Hrothgar. For that reason, Grendel's character is not developed neither by Hrothgar's words nor by Hrothgar's perspective. Moreover, Grendel is not speaking in this excerpt: the writer is only presenting his thoughts.

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