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frankenstein

fully unleash an unholy wrath on the creator's life because "revenge remains - revenge..."(162)."...But remember, I shall be with you on your wedding-night"(163). These words echo through Victor Frankenstein's head, making him uneasy and spiteful towards the beast for being "the murderer of my peace"(163). But a deeper meaning lies behind this statement by the monster. The creature does in fact appear on Victor's wedding night, but he is not the target, Elizabeth his wife is. The monster has administered complete revenge on Victor by eliminating the creator's dearest love; "lifeless and inanimate...her bloodless arms and relaxed form flung by the murderer on its bridal brier"(189). This, consequently, is a parallel to the isolation from love bestowed on the monster. Frankenstein's creation with its childlike emotions emerged as a tender being with no malice of thought. But the immediate feeling of rejection summoned anger in the beast that eventually wiped all joy out of its creator's life. The monster, as birth, wanted nothing more than to be satisfied and loved. Yet, after all revenge had been played out, the creature felt a sense of fulfillment in accordance to its creator's misery: "I am satisfied, miserable wretch! You have determined to live, and I am satisfied"(196), and with its revenge complete is "soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance"(215). ...

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