How do the underlined phrases affect the meaning and tone of this passage? They show diversity. They demand change. They celebrate diversity. They express a moral dilemm

i will have to go with 1.

hope this !

answer :

the following two parts of the given excerpt from "beowulf" denote the importance of kinship and lineage :

1. hither to come; of (kinsmen's approval,

  word-leave of warriors), i ween that ye surely

2. (nothing have known. never a greater one

    of earls o’er the earth have i had a sight of)