Question

In Beowulf’s fight to the death with Grendel’s mother, the piece of his own equipment that saves his life is his —

Answer 1

Woven mail shirt because that is where she tried to strike at him.

Answer 2

In Beowulf’s fight to the death with Grendel’s mother, the piece of his own equipment that saves his life is his woven mail shirt. Option A is correct.

Beofulf is an Old English epic poem consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It constitutes one of the most important works of Old English literature.

The setting of the story is Scandinavia. Beowulf is a hero of the Geats, and he comes to the aid of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, whose mead hall in Heorot has been under attack by a monster known as Grendel