Read the following excerpt from John Gardner's Grendeh
Then, little by little, I understood. I felt laughter welling up
inside me – at the dragon-charm, at Hrothgar's whispering
and trembling by the meadhall door, at everything - the
oblivious trees and sky, the witless moon. I'd meant them
no harm, but they'd attacked me again, as always. They
were crazy. And now at last the grim laughter tame
pouring out, as uncontrollable as the dragon's laugh (79)
Which phrase from this excerpt most clearly evokes fear of Grendel?
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A. the dragon-charm
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B. whispering and trembling
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C. the witless moon
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D. the grim laughter

The answer is D

Explanation:

"Then, little by little, I understood. I felt laughter welling up

inside me – at the dragon-charm, at Hrothgar's whispering" These were signs of the scary atmosphere in the text, the dragon-charm and laughing, whispering.

D) The grim laughter

Explanation:

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explanation:

at the beginning of the story, elisa just has the small idea of wanting more attention, but as the story progressed, her desire for more attention grew larger. before she talked to the man with the wagon she was just focused on her chrysanthemums but when she talked to him and got some attention she enjoyed it, so she decided to get all dolled up for henry. but when they were on the way to dinner she was so upset because she saw the flowers on the side of the road and realized the man didn't take interest in her like she thought.