A Guilty Conscience

In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor becomes plagued by guilt. After he creates the creature, he blames all of the family's misfortunes on himself. "William, Justine, and Henry--they all died by my hands." (Shelley, 136). Because of the creature. William, Justine, Henry, and then Elizabeth, all die by the hands of the creature. William and Henry were executed. Justine was framed. Elizabeth was thrown against a wall. Every time, the creature did it to make Victor suffer. Victor should feel guilty. Through his ignorance of the creature, he caused his friends and family to die. He could of avoided this if he showed affection toward the creature, or better yet, he should have never created the creature. Rather than asking if he could, he should have asked if he should.