This is perhaps in part due to my pedantry, and inpart due to advancing age
Anglo-Saxons liked to gather in the lord's great hall, to eat and drink, and to listen to songs and stories. They loved tales about brave warriors and their adventures. A favourite story told how Beowulf, a heroic prince, kills the fierce man-eating monster Grendel, and Grendel's equally horrid mother. The story of Beowulf was first written down in the 8th-9th centuries, but long before that the story was told around the fire. The storyteller played music to accompany the songs and poems, on a small harp or on another stringed instrument called a lyre
The Third option is correct.
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A, the protagonist.
The protagonist does the most deeds or heroic things in the story, or is the person who is mainly talking and doing things in the story.
Answer:
Interfering with fate will lead to sorrow.
Explanation:
In "The Monkey's Paw," the fakir put a spell on the paw to teach people that interfering with fate would only lead to "sorrow." Through the characters of Sergeant-Major Morris and the White family, we see that the fakir was successful in teaching this lesson.