"What a great deal, Unferth my friend, / full of beer, you have said about Breca, / told of his deeds. But to tell the true stor
y, / I had more sea-strength, power in swimming, / and also more hardship, than any other man." What literary element is most clearly seen in these lines?
A. Conflict
B. Resolution
C. Falling action
D. Kenning
The literary element in the lines is B. Resolution. Unferth drunkenly and rudely claimed that Beowulf was not as great as Breca and that Beowulf had lost the swimming completion. Those claims cause conflict, which Beowulf resolved with the truth through words. He resolved it by stating the facts and explaining that he was the winner and he actually had more difficulty during the competition than Breca.
