Grendel's Last Words Analysis
Grendel's last words “Poor Grendel's had an accident… so may you all.” can be interpreted in many different ways, but for the most part it seems like a curse. To begin with, Grendel, at one point, states, “evil, incredibly stupid, enjoying my destruction." (Gardner 174) using that to describe the animals watching his agonizing death. These last words were directed at the people and creatures he has detested his whole life for their ignorance, which leads one to believe he is cursing them to also have an “accident” or in other words meet their end. Grendel also shows his dislike towards men when he says, “when I was full-grown and Hrothgar was an old, old man, that I settled my soul on destroying him—slowly and cruelly” (Gardner 30). To