The final words -Frankenstein (Briana E.)

Response 4 -Briana Estrada 9/29/16

Towards the ending of the novel; the creature and Victor’s characters start to conflict even more than ever. All the the built up resentment of abandonment and hurt that the creature has towards Victor is all laid to rest when he kills Henry and then Elizabeth. The creature wanted Victor to feel the pain he has, so he figure he take away the only family Victor had. The family Victor was given as a child is what the creature earned for, he was destined for human interaction even though he was the monster, the ugly one and the feared one. The monster envied Victor but he knows that Victor is the one responsible for his hurt. At the end both Victor and the monster are trying to seek revenge on each other.

For the ending does raise a lot of questions for the readers, such as the deaths of Victor’s family really become painful to him as it would seem or was this always in his nature to get rid of all of them? Also what does the creature killing himself at the end after he kills Victor symbolize? Well I and many of us would say that it was one last revengeful act towards Victor his creator, almost as if he wanted to make sure there’s no piece of history or identity of Victor left in this world. Essentially the creature wanted to destroy everything connected to Victor, and he was arguably his biggest creation. I really enjoyed reading Mary Shelley’s version of Frankenstein, I think that she really does a good job with connecting this gothic literature into real life trauma and hardships of loneliness and the lost soul both characters shared. Lastly to say Victor and the creature share the same souls, but felt the need to hurt others and each other out of pain.