Frankenstein 10

    I have no finished Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and I must say I am extremely disappointed with the entire ending. I hate books where everyone simply dies in the end, which is exactly what happens here. This reminds me of The House of Mirth. We read approximately 27,495 pages just for everyone to die in the end. I think books like that are pointless because if they are just going to die what is the point of reading about everything that happens to them before they die? I guess someone could argue with that when we study famous people's lives after they die, but that is different. Everyone in this book is a nobody that I simply do not care about.
     Anyways, I did notice the them of death to be extremely apparent in these final pages. Obviously that is because practically everyone dies.

"I shall die. I shall no longer feel the agonies which now consume me..." (Shelley, 166). 

     This quote shows that the creature has control throughout the entire book. Not only did he have control when all of Victor's friends died, but he, too, has control when he will die. The only death he did not control was Victor. He controlled all of Victor's life, but not his death. Just as Victor controlled the creature's birth, but not his life. I love this juxtaposition. Now I am wondering if I am reading too far into this or if everyone else sees this. Nonetheless, I find it fascinating the ways the roles changed throughout this novel.