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

a. higelac
b. beowulf
c. grendel
d. hrothgar

which best summarizes the events from the poem contained in these lines?

"thee i would therefore
beg of thy bounty, bright-danish chieftain,
lord of the scyldings, this single petition:
not to refuse me, defender of warriors,
friend-lord of folks, so far have i sought thee,
that i may unaided, my earlmen assisting me,
this brave-mooded war-band, purify heorot."

a. king hrothgar asks beowulf to fight with his men against grendel
b. grendel kills several of king hrothgar's men and steals his treasure
c. beowulf says he will defeat grendel in exchange for great fortune.
d. beowulf asks king hrothgar to allow him and his men to destroy grendel.