Read Micah’s inference about Beowulf.Beowulf does not fear death.Read the passage from Beowulf.If Grendel wins, it will be a gruesome day;he will glut himself on the Geats in the war-hall,swoop without fear on that flower of manhoodas on others before. Then my face won’t be thereto be covered in death: he will carry me awayas he goes to ground, gorged and bloodied;he will run gloating with my raw corpseand feed on it alone, in a cruel frenzy,fouling his moor-nest. No need thento lament for long or lay out my body: if the battle takes me, send backthis breast-webbing that Weland fashioned and Hrethel gave me, to Lord Hygelac.Fate goes ever as fate must."
Answer
A
it will be a gruesome day;
B
Then my face won’t be there to be covered in death:
C
if the battle takes me, send back this breast-webbing
D
Fate goes ever as fate must.
Explanation
The line “Fate goes ever as fate must” shows that Beowulf accepts whatever outcome is destined, including death. The other choices describe the danger he faces or what should happen to his armor if he dies, but they do not express acceptance of death as directly.
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