Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
Towards the end of the novel, Victor discusses his life with Walton. In these passages, readers cannot help but to feel deep sympathy for Victor. As his life comes to a close, he looks upon himself as a murderer, for his creation killed his loved ones. These deaths have also made him a very unhappy person and a very disoriented person as well. Victor believes he had very high potential to do great things, but somewhere along the way, he was condemned to a life a horror in which he could not escape. Victor claim., "From infancy I was imbued with high hopes and a lofty ambition... Despondency rarely visited my heart; a high destiny seemed to bear me on, until I fell, never, never again to rise," (Shelly, 157). Victor realizes his downfall was his creation. From that point on, Victor had no chance to reverse his fate. He and the creature would torment and punish one another until the day Frankenstein died. Sympathy is created for Victor because it is apparent throughout the novel that Victor was a smart and intelligent man, full of great potential. It is sickening to see his life crumble to pieces because of his greatest and most treacherous accomplishment. Although Frankenstein is being extremely pessimistic, he has lost so many important people in his life and has encountered numerous illnesses that Victor is being more realistic rather than pessimistic. He knows there is no way to recover from what he has intruded; therefore, he will either kill the beast or die trying.
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