Conversation In Frankenstein

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The last scene of Frankenstein takes place aboard Walton's ship. There’s a conversation between Walton and Victor Frankenstein at his bed side due to his weakness and sudden strength of the illness that leaves him with no energy. Through this conversation, Frankenstein confides in Walton that he wants the creature to die. He admits that his act of creating the creature in the first place was in fact harming humans instead of protecting them. He dedicated his life into trying to have the well-being and safety of humanity in a safe place while in reality they were at the hands of his monster. To put his mind at ease he needed to hear that the monster will finally come to its death by if not him, by Walton. Frankenstein had informed Walton of

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