Read the excerpt from Grendel . Thus I fled, ridiculous hairy creature torn apart by poetry—crawling, whimpering, streaming tears, across the world like a two-headed beast, like mixed-up lamb and kid at the tail of a baffled, indifferent ewe—and I gnashed my teeth and clutched the sides of my head as if to heal the split, but I couldn’t. How is Grendel characterized in this excerpt?
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as violent and dangerousGrendel is described as crawling, whimpering, and streaming tears, which shows that he is distressed. The image of him as a “two-headed beast” and his attempt to heal a “split” in his head suggest that he is confused and overwhelmed by the poetry. So the best choice is “as upset and confused.”
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