Which statements accurately compare Beowulf and Grendel? Select 2 options.
Both works are written in an Old English poetic style.
Beowulf characterizes Grendel as bloodthirsty, but Grendel shows Grendel’s gentler side.
Beowulf is sympathetic to the humans, while Grendel shows the monster’s perspective.
Both works focus primarily on the hero, Beowulf.
Beowulf is a contemporary version of an old tale, while Grendel is based on oral tradition.

Beowulf characterizes Grendel as bloodthirsty, but Grendel shows Grendel’s gentler side.
Beowulf is sympathetic to the humans, while Grendel shows the monster’s perspective.

Beowulf is a hero of the Geats in the old classic poem Beowulf where he fights and successfully defeats and kills Grendel, a monster; and according to the poem description, Beowulf believes Grendel to be bloodthirsty, but he sees a gentler side of Grendel.