Frankenstein #9

In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley the importance of characters a d relations is very important. Without understanding how all of the characters are connected by blood or other means helps the reader understand the gist of what is happening throughout the book. Knowing how close Victor continually becomes with those that help him in his various struggles helps the reader understand how dependent his sanity is upon the livelihood of those around him. Without Clereval, his father, and Elizabeth, it is hard to envision Frankenstein getting to the position thy he did to deal with the creature head on. Frankenstein's acquired a true depth I his sole that was left deathly empty hen his wife was finally taken from him. It was almost as if the creature had fully inflicted the pain that he had to endure upon Victor. The problem was that Victor now had nothing o lose but his own life. With nothing else left, Victor embraced a reckless abandon lifestyle that represented his emotions extremely well. He could now fully devote his actions to redo what he had done so wrong to start off this dreadful journey. He really reaches his goal when he finally becomes as close as possible to, and eventually into, death and his creation. The happiness is felt because he has given his best effort to te task at hand and can jnally join those that suffered because of him. Understanding this relief was only possible because of the intensity and love that he had with those characters in the story before they were dead. He had to use the strength they provided to reach the place that they ended up in themselves. The confidence in that strength was utilized near his death when Victor said, "...but surely the spirits who assist my vengeance will endow me with sufficient strength,"(161).