His speech to his companions, wiglaf encourages them not to give up hope assures them that beowulf can fight the dragon alone urges them to remember their duty rebukes them for questioning beowulf's ability . throughout this passage, wiglaf is presented as a model of loyalty a flatterer an equal to beowulf a hypocrite .

Rev. simon hosack] entered fully into the feeling of suffering and sorrow which took possession of me when i discovered that a girl weighed less in the scale of being than a boy, and he praised my determination to prove the contrary. which best describes society's view of boys' and girls' abilities during the period in which elizabeth cady stanton lived?