Lines 134-159: explain what beowulf, seen in “ the silvery metal of his mail shirt/gleaming with a smiths high art”, represents to the danes. examine what beowulf says to hrothgar about himself and his past deeds. why does he appear to boast about his accomplishments

Nobility and Heroism

Explanation:

In Lines 134-159: Beowulf is seen in “ the silvery metal of his mail shirt/gleaming with a smiths high art” because he is regarded as shining and brilliant.This represents nobility  to the Danes. Only a noble hero is ready and deserves to fight for his king.

Beowulf appears to boast about his accomplishments and about his past deeds  to Hrothgar,  so as to gain  the king´s confidence in order to be entrusted with the heroic challenge of killing Grendel and saving Herot.  

the answer is a (apex)

even though there may be variations in human emotions over time, the poem “ a contribution to statistics” by wislawa symborska suggests that the only unchangeable characteristic is mortality.

the author poses a distinction between the approximate and non-approximate numbers which correspond to our need for certainty in life and the difficulty of achieving it. our efforts to measure the exact often fail because the world is not always clearly structured .the poem seems to imply   that the only thing that is certain and has an exact number is death.