Which words best complete the comparison of beowulf and grendel?

readers of beowulf hope that grendel will be destroyed, but readers of grendel are most likely to

hope that beowulf will be destroyed.
be confused by beowulf’s behavior.
understand grendel’s perspective.
consider grendel a purely evil villain.

Which situation might occur in a conflict of character versus nature? a. a society disapproves of a character's behavior. b. a character suffers from a serious illness and eventually dies. c. two characters argue over a difference of opinion. d. a character is unable to decide on his opinion of another character.