Question

Which character is described in these lines?

Themselves they beheld me
When I came from the contest, when covered with gore
Foes I escaped from, where five I had bound,
The giant-race wasted, in the waters destroying

Answer 1

Themselves they beheld me
When I came from the contest, when covered with gore
Foes I escaped from, where five I had bound,
The giant-race wasted, in the waters destroying

The above passage was spoken by Beowulf when he presented himself to King Hrothgar.

Answer 2

The character that is described in these lines is Beowulf.

Step-by-step explanation:

This excerpt presents Beowulf talking about himself as he describes a fight he had and he says how did he manage it, while he continues telling the story we can see a brief description of him in between lines there is a personification made with his actions, and how the other treated him to. but all from his perspective.