Frankenstein ~ Week 4

It is honestly quite difficult to sum up my feelings on the last part of the book. I was shocked as to how much emotion the monster shows In the end. He goes on a wild killing spree due to Victor's refusal to make a female version of the monster. First, Clerval is killed. Then Elizabeth is killed on their wedding day; it's terribly sad. Worst of all, the monster regrets killing those closest to Victor only AFTER Victor has died, eliminating the chance for anyone to apologize. I wish Victor had done one of two things when he had the opportunity to: kill the monster, or follow through with female monster. This way, there would be some peace when there was able to be.
Another moment of emotion that shook me was when the monster appeared on Victor's deathbed with tears spilling from his eyes. This made me wonder, was the monster really running away from his creator, or was it leading him on? If it were truly running away, you would thing he would not dare to return to his master's whereabouts. This could be observed more closely, but that is not entirely what I was focusing on. I was honestly (and still am) disturbed by the rampage of death that the monster went on, taking no consideration of the emotions of others, only the pain of his creator. And what was all if this murdering for? Victor's dropping if a promise to make the monster a female counterpart. How foolish. I understand, a creature so lonesome and original in the world longs only for someone to be able to connect with. But such a creation requires years and years of work, a research that might last longer than Victor's own life. A punishment involving the murder of a lore and a best friend is far more painful than any such punishment should be.
The actions if both the monster and Victor have unfailingly upset me, and I am not quite happy with the book's ending, which continues to resemble "Hamlet" immensely. In the well-known Shakespeare play, the final scene is a fantastic performance of revenge and squalor which ends in a flourish of death. By the very end, every major character in the play is dead, except for Hamlet's servant and Prince Fortinbras. it us quite an unfortunate ending, but an unforgettable one, no less.
These are my feelings about the end if Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein".
Sayonara!