Answer: The cost of their cowardice, he predicts, will be greater than just the life of a great ruler. He suggests that foreign warlords will be sure to attack the Geats now that Beowulf can no longer protect them.
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Answer: Personification
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Personification is a form of figurative language that refers to the attribution of human features to non-living objects in order to spark the reader´s imagination and interest in the text.
The sentence provided attributes human features to the flag, the wind, and the paper. To describe the setting and situation, the author grants the flag the ability to wave. The wind becomes capable of purposeful whistling, and the paper is presented as flying by its personal choice.
I think D is the best answer choice. for a work written around the time of the salem witch trials, you can better understand why extreme fear and condemnation of witchcraft might show up, and the author's purpose is a major thing to understand a work. C doesn't really make sense, because historical context is based on facts, so the context doesn't so much help you understand an author's attitude/opinion. B is true to some degree, but D is still a stronger answer as B is somewhat circular; historical context is an inherent part of a historical character? and A doesn't even make sense to me but i personally would go with D
