The Final Words of Grendel “Poor Grendel’s had an accident. . . So may you all” (Gardner 174). These are the last words that Grendel, was able to breath out just moments before his death. The meaning of his words are quite controversial. His final phrase is more of a curse or a prediction than a blessing, that is directed towards the humans. To begin with, Grendel never cared nor ever enjoyed the humans and their doings. The Monster is obvious enraged by the fact that a human was able to break the charm that the dragon had put on him. Grendel, during the war must have believed that he was invincible because man’s weapons could not harm him, which was why the war had lasted so long. However, Beowulf saw that no human weapon could
