"Frankenstein"- Victor

Imagine this... you're at the movie theater seeing the newest and scariest movie that just came out. The beautiful girl who is being hunted my the villain hears a noise outside her house. All you can think is "don't go! don't do!!" Of course, the ditzy and clueless girl slowly, against her common sense, walks out side only to meet her ultimate demise.

This timeless scene which is present in most, if not all scary movies is also present in "Frankenstein." While it is slightly different, I see this beautiful and clueless girl to be similar to Victor. Throughout the novel he makes mistake after mistake only to be surprised by what occurs as a result. First, he makes this creation whom he sees as evil and horrid and yet allows it to go off on its own, to fend for itself. This was his first mistake. He realizes that what he did was wrong yet does nothing to fix it. Next, his baby brother, William is brutally murdered by this creation and Victor is the only human being who knows who the real killer is. Once again, he makes the same mistake by letting the monster get away with this murder and allowing Justine to be punished by death for this crime which she did not commit. Once again, Victor fails to atone for his mistakes. When Henry's inevitable death occurs, Victor exclaims in anguish and sorrow "Two I have already destroyed; other victims await their destiny; but you, Clerval, my friend, my benefactor" (page 169). He realizes that what he created has caused all this sorrow and anguish, and yet he allows this monster to continue his path of revenge. He plays the monsters game instead of going off in solitude to suffer alone. He once again walks into the monsters trap when he marries Elizabeth and then proceeds to leave her alone while he searches the house. In this moment especially, he becomes that sitting duck that is present in every scary story. It is at this moment, that I want to scream "open your eyes!! Can't you see what is going to happen? Go stop it! NOW!!!"