In the scene where the monster gets his revenge on Frankenstein I feel remorse for both Th e monster and Frankenstein. In this scene the monster tries to find Frankenstein but instead finds William, his little brother. At first the monster wanted to make friends with William as it says on first sight of William, “This little creature was unprejudiced and had lived too short a time to have imbibed a horror of deformity.” This shows that the monster wanted to find someone who would like him and not be scared of his disfigurement. But William was frightened of the monster as we can see when William replies, ”Hideous monster! Let me go.” This makes me feel sorry for the monster as he was only trying to make friends. The monster then goes on to kill William. He says “I grasped his throat to silence him in a moment he lay dead at my feet.” The monster also goes on to say, “MY heart swelled with exultation and hellish triumph.” This shows us the bitterness he feels towards Frankenstein as he doesn’t care for him and is proud with the death of his little brother. I feel empathy now for Frankenstein as in the extract he says, “I threw the letter on the table and covered my face with my hands.” This describes how upset Frankenstein is and angry he is as he has lost a brother because of his own creation.
The monster soon caused more grief as he tried to blame Williams’s nanny for the murder. He placed a valuable miniature, which William was wearing, beside where she was sleeping in a barn; blame was then passed onto her. In the meantime Frankenstein and Elizabeth were due to get married and Frankenstein was meant to be making the monster a wife.
Later on in the novel the monster gets his revenge again when he kills Elizabeth on her wedding night to Frankenstein. This is when most of the sympathy is felt for Frankenstein. As he says on discovering Elizabeth’s body, “ She was there lifeless and inanimate, thrown across the bed, her head hanging down, and her pale and distorted features half covered by her hair.”
We can tell that Frankenstein’s very upset and angry. The monster, which he created, has now killed two people that he loved.
In the final scene Frankenstein is found dead in Captain Walton's Cabin after following the monster. Captain Walton on seeing the monsters says, “Never did I behold such a vision so horrible as his face, of such loathsome and appalling hideousness.” This proves people’s reaction when they encounter with the monster, it shows us how people react on first site of him.
Frankenstein eventually died a slow death after he had spent his time searching, to get revenge on the monster. I feel empathy for the monster here as he says on finding his master dead, “That is also my victim! In his murder my crimes are consummate; the miserable series of my being is wound to a close.” It shows us that he sees his life a misery is tells us that he is glad his life is wound to an end.
I also feel sorry for the monster here when he says,” I, the miserable and abandoned am an abortion, to be spurned at and kicked and trampled on.” This shows us that all of the monsters life he has felt unwanted and rejected. It tells us that he thinks very low of himself and is worth nothing and not cared about by anyone. At this point in the scene the monster shows he has taken everything upon himself as he says, “I have murdered the young and helpless; I have strangled the innocent as they slept.” This proves he has thought about what he is saying and admitting to what he has done. It makes you feel sorry for him, as he knows what he did when he killed William and Elizabeth was wrong.
As the monster tells us what he thinks he is in his last speech he says, “ I should have wept to die; now it is my only consolation.” It shows us how much the monster really hated his life and it makes you feel bitter towards Frankenstein as he was the one who gave the monster his life only to reject him.
In last speech the monster uses “I” a lot to add impact, it shows he is taking everything upon himself. It is effective and makes you feel sorry for the monster.
Throughout the novel sympathy is felt for both characters. You start off feeling sympathy for the monsters he is firstly rejected but as he begins to turn evil and seek revenge the reader is starting to feel sympathy for Frankenstein. At the end of the novel my sympathy changes again and lies with the monsters he makes a final speech. The story is ended with sympathy for the monster as he kills himself by burning to death whilst sailing out to sea. The monster thinks it is the only way to end it as he says, “I shall die and what I now feel will no longer be felt.” This shows his willingness in what he thinks is best for everyone. It leaves sadness at the end of the novel when he dies.
