My Spanish teacher <u>who wears flowers in her hair</u> is very pretty . The underlined pattern is the adjective clause. It is a clause because it is a sentence; it has got a subject : <em>who</em>, and a predicate: <em>wears flowers in her hair. </em>This clause works as an adjective because it qualifies the subject of the main sentence : <em>My Spanish teacher</em>. The adjective clause gives some specific information about the Spanish teacher.
He basically gives him his resume, or all the heroic things he has done in the past, such as: he has never been defeated, he has saved many people, he talks about how he lost the swimming match to his friend Brecca because he stopped to help him against sea monsters which attacked him, etc.
These boasts are here for Beowulf to show to Lord Hrothgar that he is worthy of defending his kingdom against the monster Grendel.
O straight ..............
I believe it was a final act of mercy, i could be wrong but.....
