When Grendel says Unferth's "beard and hair hung straight down like seaweed", the literary device used is SIMILE.
Simile is comparing two unrelated and dissimilar things, people, beings, places, and concepts using the words "like", "as" or "such as"
Beard and Hair was compared to seaweed using "like".
It is present because they are watching the movie right now.
Explanation:
The argument is objective because the people are telling wrong things
a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions is clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character.