1ST POET (To audience): Beowulf and thirteen of his bravest men set out across the sea to this land of the Danes, and was greeted by the Captain of Hrothgar’s Coastguard. (CAPTAIN OF THE COASTGUARD enters right; BEOWULF enters left. They meet center.) CAPTAIN: Halt! State your name and why you dare to land on Hrothgar’s coast.

Question

1ST POET (To audience): Beowulf and thirteen of his bravest men set out across the sea to this land of the Danes, and was greeted by the Captain of Hrothgar’s Coastguard. (CAPTAIN OF THE COASTGUARD enters right; BEOWULF enters left. They meet center.) CAPTAIN: Halt! State your name and why you dare to land on Hrothgar’s coast.
What do the stage directions reveal in this excerpt?
A. the 1ST POET’s role in the play is as a narrator
B. that the 1ST POET has ill feelings towards Beowulf and his men

GPT-4o mini · Answer

The stage directions in this excerpt reveal:

A. the 1ST POET’s role in the play is as a narrator.

The 1ST POET introduces the scene and provides context for the characters' actions, indicating that they are narrating events rather than participating in them. There is no indication of ill feelings towards Beowulf and his men in the excerpt.