Frankenstein (blog 4)

     In the final chapters of Frankenstein, the monster goes through some crazy experiences that further his development as an individual in to the human world. First, he learns how to read and expands his knowledge of the language that he has been observing with the cottagers. He also accepts the fact he is completely different and the only one of his kind. But instead of using that as something to be held back by, he uses it as power in an effort to be accepted by his creator, Dr. Frankenstein. Upon studying Felix, Agatha and Safie (the cottagers) the monster reads the book Paradise Lost and compares himself to being both a son of Adam but also a counterpart to Satan. The monster is yearning for someone he can share his knowledge with and I believe that that is partially why he was so motivated earlier by violence and the urge to kill Dr. Frank that he ended up killing his little brother, William. When the monster told us of how he went on a rampage after finding the letters written by Dr. Frank describing his disgust in his creation, you almost have to feel a sense of pity for the monster. Only because in every aspect of his life he has been shunned, he has NO ONE else to care about him and no one to care about. I do think his actions went a little overboard by strangling William but he was in the right mind to be completely enraged by learning of this. I think that he wanted not only revenge against Frankenstein but humans as a whole as he has been accepted by none of them. Feeling a sense of loneliness, he implores Dr. Frank to create a female monster to keep him company. He believes that having this female companion could reduce his urge to kill and he could finally have someone to share his life with, something that he has been yearning for for a very long time.  
     Let’s focus on Victor for a while. He is nothing but tethered to this monster as he is responsible for its creation and has nothing but bad fortunes because of it. He agrees to make this female monster hoping that its formation will solve all his problems. Soon he is knee deep into the new monster when he thinks “what if they reproduce?” The thought of this frightens him so much that he destroys all his progress. The monster finds out about this and becomes enraged, vowing that he will see Victor on his wedding night. I honestly now feel really bad for Victor because it seems like every move is a bad move and no matter what he does, he cannot escape this nightmare that he is in. The monster becomes responsible for killing Henry (close friend of Victors). Victor is completely over whelmed with guilt and can think of nothing else but the horror that is to come upon the night of his wedding. The day soon arrives and Victor and Elizabeth are happily married, however, Victor is preoccupied with the promise of the monster. He soon realizes that the monster wasn’t set on getting even with him, but destroying every aspect of Victor’s life to the point where he is completely and utterly alone, just like the monster. With that said, the monster now murders Elizabeth.
     Victor is now so completely alone and filled with guilt as he knows that all of these murders can be linked back to him. He vows the rest of his life to getting revenge on the monster and destroying it completely. I believe still that the monster is another subconscious to Victor. However, it took a dramatic turn and flipped Victor’s life around to the worst. That in someone teaches a lesson. You should just be okay with being who you are and not trying to force something upon yourself that is too drastic as it can destroy every aspect of your life as we have seen here. To conclude, I really liked this novel, even though it was really weird. It had an ending that wasn’t all happy and something that you don’t see every day, and something that I found very interesting.