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l think for the first the answer is C and the second the answer is D
The colonel remembers shashas mother who died
I believe the answer is: B. To show that Grendel cannot rely on nature for protection
In the story, Grendel perceive that he is blessed by protection from the nature which would always help him in all of his troubles. But when he somehow got his foot stucked in a tree in front of a bull and when he cried and scream for help from the nature, he did not receive any answer.
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the time and place in which a literary work was written
The experiences of the author
The original intended audience
The subject sets the idea/topic of the story whilst the theme alters and sets the mood for the subject of the story.