"Thus my hopes are blasted by cowardice and indecision." Page 160
Just three days after the writing of this letter, Victor falls ill and dies. Thus, he loses his life to his battle with the spawn of knowledge. Soon after, the creature, upon seeing Victor dead, decides to kill itself. Again, its thirst for the knowledge of love and want has tainted it, rendering it an evil and moral-less murderer. This evil within the creature leads to decisions that it later cannot live with, thus acting as its own destruction. Walton's cowardly crew refuses to continue on the voyage, ending his quest for knowledge of the unknown. The theme of the beginning of the novel, which was 'beware of the pursuit of knowledge', never reverses itself. In fact, the warning is shown to be followed through with. All quests for knowledge end in heartbreak and sorrow.
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