Which sentence best illustrates exposition in Beowulf?

A. Beowulf and a group of Geats come to offer Hrothgar a plan.
B. The old king gives the control of the wine-hall to Beowulf.
C. King Hrothgar is a good and mighty king in Denmark.
D. Beowulf battles and defeats the wicked Grendel.

Beowulf, heroic poem, the highest achievement of Old English literature and the earliest European vernacular epic. It deals with events of the early 6th century and is believed to have been composed between 700 and 750.

Beowulf opens in Denmark, where King Hrothgar’s splendid mead hall, Heorot, has been ravaged for 12 years by nightly visits from an evil monster, Grendel, who carries off Hrothgar’s warriors and devours them.

"To Hrothgar was given such glory of war,

such honor of combat, that all his kin

obeyed him gladly till great grew his band

of youthful comrades."

Which sentence best illustrates exposition in Beowulf? A. Beowulf and a group of Geats come to offer Hrothgar a plan. B. The old king gives the control of the wine-hall to Beowulf. C. King Hrothgar is a good and mighty king in Denmark. D. Beowulf battles and defeats the wicked Grendel.

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Which sentence best illustrates exposition in Beowulf?

A. Beowulf and a group of Geats come to offer Hrothgar a plan.
B. The old king gives the control of the wine-hall to Beowulf.
C. King Hrothgar is a good and mighty king in Denmark.
D. Beowulf battles and defeats the wicked Grendel.