Which of these excerpts from Beowulf’s “The Battle With the Dragon” most plainly casts the dragon as the tale’s antagonist?
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Responses
“Vomiting fire and smoke, the dragon/Burned down their homes.”
“Vomiting fire and smoke, the dragon/Burned down their homes.”
“Then it hurried back/To its tower, to its hidden treasure, before dawn…”
“Then it hurried back/To its tower, to its hidden treasure, before dawn…”
“… Beowulf’s/Sorrow beat at his heart: he accused/himself…”
“… Beowulf’s/Sorrow beat at his heart: he accused/himself…”
“… So Beowulf swam sadly back/To Geatland, almost the only survivor…”