"Am I not shunned and hated by all mankind?" Page 104
The creature speaks these words when he demands that victor create a woman creature for him. There is no doubt that loneliness is the only sensation the creature has gotten used to in its pathetic life. Yet it is not only he who suffers loneliness. Walton finds himself in dire want of a friend on his expedition to the arctic. Victor sees himself as miserably alone in his pursuit of the monster. This common feeling of loneliness binds the three main characters together, in a clashing, fateful series of encounters. In the end of the novel, all are again left in their loneliness. Victor dies, unsatisfied with the work he has left to do. The creature goes to kill itself, frightfully alone and not wanting to ever be discovered. Walton himself is left heartbroken not only with the loss of Victor, his good friend, but also with the failure of his expedition.
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