Frankenstein

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use of this, he vows to take revenge by ruining Frankenstein’s life, as well as the human species. The only way the creature will spare Victor and humanity is if Victor creates a mate for him. Victor begins to do this, but destroys the creature, realizing he is wrong to attempt to control life and death. The monster sees this and vows to be with Victor on his wedding night. In the end, the creature kills Elizabeth, Victor’s new wife, on their wedding night. Victor chases the monster up until his own death, in an attempt to kill it. (McMahon 198)
The theme of responsibility and the dangers of science are extremely prevalent in the story. Victor does not take care of his creation, and he and the people he loved suffered as a direct result of that. Had Victor done even the littlest thing to help the creature get its feet on the ground, there might have been no harm done to anyone. Everyone around Victor felt the effects of his mistakes. There even are people who feel responsible for what happens because of Victor’s actions. “One does not need to be directly responsible for an incident to receive the blame for its occurrence”(Moss 118). Elizabeth feels she is responsible for William’s death because she gave him the necklace that was on Justine. Victor feels responsible for the death of Justine, although he is not the one who actually killed her. Who knows what might have happened had Victor taken care of the creature like he should have. It could have lead to many different kinds of new studies and discoveries about human life and death. The recipe for immortality could have been discovered and no one would have to suffer at all.
Another part of this theme is th...