Frankenstein’s response to his Creature’s plees represent God’s response to humanity’s pleas for salvation; inversely, the Creature’s ensuing course of action is his response to Frankenstein’s actions, differing from human reaction to God. Just as people sought solace and solution in God, the Creature sought his path to happiness in Frankenstein’s ability to endow him with one to love. Victor’s initial compliance gave his progeny some measure of peace, judging by the cessation of his murderous rampage. Inversely, when Frankenstein decided to cancel his creation of a wife for his Creature, the peace was shattered: “Are you to be happy, while I grovel in the intensity of my wretchedness?” (Shelley 123). The latter portion of the quote explains the Creature’s descent back
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Furthermore, this was exactly the course taken by Shelley: “And now it is ended; there is my last victim!” (Shelley 164). Thus exclaimed the Creature, after he killed Frankenstein, after he slayed God. This controversial response to discrepancies in religion, to do away with a God altogether, not reached by Nietzsche until more than half of a century later, was then reached by Shelley. God’s perceived disdain for his offspring resulting in such a fate is perhaps best encompassed by Frankenstein’s statement, “I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart,” (Shelley 35). This condemning quote is only made possible by the novel’s unique narrative structure, allowing Frankenstein’s perspective to be heard besides that of Walden and, more importantly, the Creature, painting a picture of a God that hates his spawn and a spawn that reciprocates the feeling with a murderous
Furthermore, this was exactly the course taken by Shelley: “And now it is ended; there is my last victim!” (Shelley 164). Thus exclaimed the Creature, after he killed Frankenstein, after he slayed God. This controversial response to discrepancies in religion, to do away with a God altogether, not reached by Nietzsche until more than half of a century later, was then reached by Shelley. God’s perceived disdain for his offspring resulting in such a fate is perhaps best encompassed by Frankenstein’s statement, “I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart,” (Shelley 35). This condemning quote is only made possible by the novel’s unique narrative structure, allowing Frankenstein’s perspective to be heard besides that of Walden and, more importantly, the Creature, painting a picture of a God that hates his spawn and a spawn that reciprocates the feeling with a murderous