Who Is Victor's Monologue In Frankenstein

As I read Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein novel, I found myself fascinated by the main character and narrator Victor Frankenstein. Here we had a man, in love with his cousin, stubborn as a mule, and in my eyes, to blame for every tragic event that happened to him through the course of the story. From the minute I heard of the prompt for this essay I knew I wanted him to be my focus. As I finished the novel and read the final pages where Victor gives his monologue before his death, I couldn’t believe that his only regret in life was that he wasn’t successful in killing the monster. I saw this as absolutely delusional behavior and really wanted to create a depiction of the novel where Victors crazy thoughts, feeling and really everything that embodies

I wanted to create a pastiche and have the monster and Victor trade places. My reasoning behind this desire is I found the creature to be a rather reasonable character. Yes, he is a monster that kills many people in this novel but most of it is a result of him not being accepted due to his hideous façade. In my pastiche I change his physical features and have him be accepted by the characters in the story. Despite his good looks and non-monstrous features, the same tragic ending befalls, thus showing that Victor is really the

Victor and my spouse stood frozen with fear while Henry lay motionless on the ground with a clever embedded in his neck. As he the wedding clergy gathered to witness Henry’s last moments, Victor, shook from emotional turmoil, turned to the silent crowd and belched, “ are you to be happy while I grovel in the intensity of my wretchedness? You can blast my other passions, but revenge remains – revenge, henceforth dearer than light or food.” With a push and a shove, Victor ran out of the kitchen and towards the door. His final words before departing; “I may die, but first you.” While these words had no clear target or direction, there is still no doubt in my mind that they were directed to