Question

Which answer best summarizes the events from the poem contained in the following lines?

“Then came to the building the warrior marching, Bereft of joyance. The door quickly opened on fire-hinges fastened, when his fingers had touched it; The fell one had flung then-his fury so bitter -open the entrance.”

Answer 1

I would say... Grendel arrives and rips open the door of the mead-hall. if that is an answer.. I hope this helps

Answer 2

Grendel arrives and rips open the door of the mead–hall is the answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

The excerpt belongs to Beowulf, an epic poem written in Ancient English, it is one of the most important poems in Old English. In this particular, this passage belongs to the twelfth section of the poem and it describes how Grendel furiously arrives to the place where Beowulf and his men had been waiting for a long time.