The correct answer among all the other choices is C. the Danes, as they wait by the lake. This is the character that displays the Anglo-Saxon value of loyalty as Beowulf battles Grendel's mother. Thank you for posting you question. I hope this answer helped you. Let me know if you need more help.
Figurative language because its not literal. If it were literal then there would really be bee's flying in their ear. But in reality the bee's were referring to something besides the bees.<span />