Frankenstein 3

     An immense amount of irony is present throughout the creation of Frankenstein's creature and his coming to life. As Frankenstein spends almost two years building the creature, he has very high hopes for his creation. He hopes that the creature will be able to help the science world by solving previously unanswered questions about life and death. Frankenstein devotes all of his time to his creation and can not wait for him to come to life. However, when the creature does become animate, Frankenstein is horrified.

"...but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart" (Shelley, 35).

     The creation that Frankenstein thought would bring him much joy did exactly the opposite, it horrified him. This is very ironic because both Frankenstein and the reader expect the creation to be just as Frankenstein dreams. We expect it to be everything he wanted and when we find out the project is a catastrophe, everyone is taken by surprise. Frankenstein realized immediately what an awful thing he had done, and begins to refer to his creation as a monster.
     After running in fear from the monster after seeing him for the first time, Frankenstein later returns to his workshop to find the monster to have left. I am extremely interested to find out where he went and when he will return.