The Monster In Mary Shelly's Frankenstein

Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein begins with four letters between Walton and his sister. The letters describe what Walton wants to accomplish in the North Pole and how lonely he feels on this adventure. In his last letter he tells her about a mysterious man who they rescued while he was freezing in the middle of the north pole. After this man, Victor Frankenstein, is slightly revived, he begins his long story about the journey he took to get to this point. The story begins with his childhood and he tells Walton about his fascination with science and about how he wanted to revive the dead. He then tells him about how he created a body that he brought to life using parts that he stole from graves. When the creature was brought to life, Frankenstein got very scared and fled. He left this living creature all alone and helpless. The monster then began to learn to read and write. He even tries to connect with people but he is contiuasly shot down for being different. This makes the monster mad and he kills …show more content…
Victor says he will and travels to Scotland to begin. At the last second, Frankenstein got too scared to go through with the experiment. The monster then kills another one of his friends along with his wife Elizabeth on their wedding night. The abondoning of the project and the killing of Frankensteins wife is the climax in the story. From then on, the book is a complete goose chase. In the midst of it all, Frankenstein’s father dies soon after. Finally, Frankenstein spends the rest of the story chasing Frankenstein and trying to kill him. This is how he ended up on the boat. Soon after telling the story to Walton, Frankenstein dies. The monster comes onto the ship and gets sad that he ruined Victor’s life and that he killed so many people. The story ends with the monster saying he is going to burn himself to death and he leaves the