Chapters 22-23

Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

Rule number one about marriage: don't go into it with giant secrets. In Victor's case the secret is literally a giant. When the creature makes good on his threat to be with Victor on his wedding night and murders Elizabeth, you almost sympathize with the creature. Victor took his bride, therefore, he thinks he has the right to take Victor's lover. Finally, the creature's goal in destroying Victor is achieved with every member of his family dead. Then, the tables are turned, Victor's psychological strength snaps and he flips on the creature, swearing his demise as the creature once swore to him. The creature runs away from Victor, taunting him in the same way he was taunted: by consistently pulling away from him what he wants. The creature wanted a companion and Victor took it away from him, now, Victor wants revenge and the creature keeps taking the opportunity away from him. There is nothing but animosity between them now. Victor claims that "Liberty, however, had been a useless gift to me had I not, as I awakened to reason, at the same time awakened to revenge," (Shelley, 147) stating that his sole purpose is against the creature is violence.
Both creatures (Victor and the creation) are moving away from sanity in their own ways. They both curse the powers that put them where they are. Victor calling destiny the reason for his fate, still refusing to take responsibility for his actions.