Death, Revenge, And Guilt In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Frankenstein is filled with many themes and topics all throughout the novel. Shelley does a great job at adding as many themes as possible to her story. Frankenstein shows the outcome of playing God and creating things that should not be created through death, revenge, and guilt. Death is a reoccurring inevitability that affects the characters throughout the book. The monster uses death as a revenge tactic to his creator many times. An example of this is when he's telling victor about murdering his brother, "I grasped his throat and in a moment he lay dead at my feet." (Shelley 102) By the monster telling Victor this, it is showing an outcome of what victor has done by creating this monster. "When I reflected on his crimes and malice, my hatred and revenge burst all bounds of moderation,"(Shelley 61) says Victor, talking about the monster killing his loved ones and revenge is growing in him. Because Victor feels this revenge and rage, he makes it his goal to kill the creature and get back at him for the people who have fallen victim to him. The death of these people in victors life caused by the monsters revenge leaves him with much guilt and he feels he is the cause of the deaths. …show more content…
He says, "I beheld those I loved spend vain sorrow upon the graves on William and Justine, the hapless victim to my in hallowed arts." (60) Victor is saying that the creation of the monster has resulted in these deaths and that it is his fault they've died. He believes that their graves are because of his interest in this twisted art. Also, when Victor says, "I was seized by remorse and a sense of guilt…" (Shelley 61) This is showing his feeling of his loss in Justine and William and his emotion that he felt about them being gone. There's a few things Victor does with his guilt and how he heals