"Why had I not followed him, and closed with him in mortal strife? I shuddered to think who might be the next victim sacrificed to his insatiate revenge."
~ Frankenstein, page 123
So is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that Victor doesn't actually do anything in this novel? He just kind of sits there and thinks about the creature (who is no longer Cornelius because he's a jerk) and wonders who will die next and gets sick. I'm pretty sure he isn't healthy the entire book. Victor has two tasks that he completes during the novel:
1) create the monster.
2) chase the monster.
Other than those, the creature is the one who actually drives the plot. We would be absolutely nowhere if he just disappeared into the wild after Victor ran from him. Let's think about it: the creature tried to befriend the De Lacey's, killed William, framed Justine, threatened Victor (which led him to create the female monster - a task he still didn't even complete), threatened Victor again, killed Henry, killed Elizabeth, and motivated Victor to keep chasing him. Yes, the monster is a totally horrible being, but at least he's doing something. Victor literally just sits there and whines about how anxious he is and how sick he is and worried about everyone else he is. Then why don't you get the heck up and stop it, Victor? What a pansy.
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