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Which passage from Grendel best illustrates the theme "life is meaningless"? A.I seize up a sleeping man, tear at him hungrily, bite through his bone-locks and suck hot, slippery blood. (168) B.All order, I've come to understand, is theoretical, unreal — a harmless, sensible, smiling mask men slide between the two great, dark realities. (157) C.Fate often enough will spare a man if his courage holds. (162).

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The answer would be B
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Correct answer choice is :


B) All order, I've come to understand, is theoretical, unreal — a harmless, sensible, smiling mask men slide between the two great, dark realities. (157)

Step-by-step explanation:

Grendel is a role in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf. He is one of the poem's three opponents, all arranged in opposition to the protagonist Beowulf. Grendel is dreaded by all but Beowulf. Grendel is represented as deteriorated from the genealogy of the Biblical figure Cain, from Genesis 4 of the Bible.

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