3. The use of alliteration in lines 8, 10 and 11
primarily serves to
(A) contrast the thanemen's panic with Grendel's
certainty in his success
(B) reinforce the theme of life versus death
(C) portray Grendel as more human than monster
(D) compare a minor event in Grendel's life to a
major event in the thanemen's lives
(E) expose readers to Grendel's past evil deeds
