Victor's death

• ‘I have myself been blasted in these hopes, yet another may succeed’


  Coleridge reference. Morality tale. Even though he has not succeeded, he hopes that someone of a future generation may.
• ‘he pressed my hand feebly, and his eyes closed forever’


  In death, Victor has connection. His death is gently and quiet
• ‘over him hung a form’


  The monster prevails over Victor
• ‘vast hand was extended’


  the monster is in grief. Even in his death, he seeks a connection to Victor

  It is a final attempt to make connection to his creator
• Did you think that the groans of Cleval were music to my ears?’


  Ultimately, he wanted to be loved and treated like a human. He wanted to be benevolent but was forced into misery at the hands of society.
• ‘I was a slave, not a master of impulse


  Inwardly, the monster was imprisoned by society. His violence was just a reaction to society
• ‘I had cast off all feeling’


  cast off all emotion. Now Victor is dead, the monster is free to cast off monstrosity.
• ‘you lament only because the victim of your malignity is withdrawn from your power’


  He is powerless without Victor. Being the 'monster' to the narrative gave him a purpose in life
• ‘I shall collect my funeral pile, and consume to ashes the miserable frame’


  Fire is the monsters release from suffering & pain. It merges opposites of fire and ice. Shelley kills the monster as he could never survive in society that he was thrown into.
• ‘Polluted by crimes’


  transformed and poisoned by society
• ‘I shall ascend my funeral pile triumphantly'

  Ultimately, he does not want to be a monster