English Lit -Beowulf Questions

In a response of two to three sentences, explain how these lines contribute to Grendel's characterization as a monster.

"But one night after continued his slaughter

Shameless and shocking, shrinking but little

From malice and murder; they mastered him fully."


Explain how the action described in the description helps show Beowulf as a hero

In a response of two to three sentences, explain how the action described in the following lines helps show Beowulf as a hero.

"This early discovered

The master of malice, that in middle-earth's regions,

'Neath the whole of the heavens, no hand-grapple greater

In any man else had he ever encountered"