compassion to the monster when he is finally forced to confront it in person. The monster pleads to Frankenstein to create a companion for it by trying to evoke empathy for its misery and sorrow....instead of threatening, I am content to reason with you. I ammalicious because I am miserable. Am I not shunned and hated by all mankind? You, my creator, would tear me to pieces and triumph;remember that, and tell me why I should pity man more than hepities me? You would not call it murder if you could precipitate meinto one of those ice-rifts and destroy my frame, the work of your own hands (130).At these words Frankenstein feels compassionate for the monster he created and agrees to its demands. He later is overcome by his mercy for mankind over his own selfishness and realizes that the creation of another abomination is evil. Again it is proven that only God in His immense wisdom can oversee and protect living beings. Man, as seen in Frankenstein, will only fail at this futile endeavor.Finally, Frankenstein's attempt to play God results in the downfall of his own sanity and morality. This is first seen in his creation of the monster. Ironically, in the process of his attempt to be Godlike, Frankenstein begins to act very immorally. He frequents graveyards and has no respect for human life. "I dabbled among the unhallowed damps of the grave or tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay" (39). In his quest to be like God, he falls completely away. He also completely cuts himself off from his family and friends. This too is ironic in that God reinforces the importance of family bonds. Also, Frankenstein openly conveys hatred towards his creation and seeks to murder it. Not only is he venturing further away from religion by desiring to kill another living creature, but that creature is his own creation. Eventually, Frankenstein spends his life on a miserable, heart-breaking pursuit of his creature. After the monste...
