Which passage from grendel best illustrates the theme "life is meaningless"? a. be so kind as to give / us some advice, old man. we've come on a fairly important errand. (154) b. i kiss the ice on the frozen creeks, i press my ear to it, honoring the water that rattles below, for by water they came. (151) c. except in the life of a hero, the whole world's meaningless. the hero sees values beyond what's possible. that's the nature of a hero. (89) d. and yet i address him, whispering, whimpering, whining. "if you win, it's by mindless chance. make no mistake." (171)