Question

characterization in grendel grendel it wasnt because he threw that battle - ax that i turned on hrothgar. that was mere midnight foolishness. i dismissed it, thought of it afterward only as you remember a tree that fell on you or an adder you stepped on by accident, except of course that hrothgar was more to be feared than a tree or snake. it wasnt until later, when i was full - grown and hrothgar was an old, old man, that i settled my soul on destroying him—slowly and cruelly. except for his thanes occasional stones of seeing my footprints, hed probably forgotten by then that i existed. hed been busy. id watched it all from the eaves of the forest, mostly from up off the ground, in the branches. in the beginning there were various groups of them: ragged little bands that roamed the forest on foot or horseback, crafty - witted killers that worked in teams, hunting through the summer, shivering in caves or little huts in the winter, occasionally wandering out into the snow to plow through it slowly, clumsily, after more meat. ice clung to their eyebrows and beards and eyelashes, and id hear them whining and groaning as they walked. when two hunters from different bands came together in the woods, they would fight until the snow was slushy with blood, then crawl back, gasping and crying, to their separate camps to tell wild tales of what happened. as the bands grew larger, they would seize and clear a hill and, with the except of course that they talked in something akin to my language, which meant that we were, incredibly, related. i was sickened, if only at the waste of it: all they killed—cows, horses, men—they left to rot or burn. i sacked all i could and tried to store it, but my mother would growl and make faces because of the stink. how is grendel characterized in this excerpt? he is cruel and disobedient to his mothers wishes. he is weak and easily disgusted by dead animals. he is considerate and mindful of the fighting men. he is careful and respectful of animal life.

Explanation:

The text shows Grendel is sickened by the waste of the killed - cows, horses, men, and tries to store the meat but his mother reacts to the stink. This indicates he is easily disgusted by dead animals. There is no evidence for him being cruel and disobedient, considerate of fighting men, or careful and respectful of animal life.

Answer:

He is weak and easily disgusted by dead animals.