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purpose in life, and therefore his free will. In the pursuit to take away Victors
free will, however, the monster was embarking on a journey which would
further deny himself any free will. I was the slave, not the master of an
impulse, which I detested, but could not disobey, (188). The monster knew
from the moment he decided to destroy Frankensteins free will, that he
himself had no free will in the matter, and that this was a task that would
fully consume him, as he had no other purpose in life. In the end, Victor
Frankensteins pursuit of his creation, and the creatures own quest to lead
Victor on, became their only goal in life, neither could ever will themselves
deviate from it. Victor pursued his monster until the end of his life. Once
Victor was dead, the monster no longer had any purpose to draw him on, and
he decided to die as well. Such is the struggle with free will that the creature
suffered. And this struggle was displayed all throughout Frankenstein,
exemplifying the concept of free will itself.
Works Cited
Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. New York: Oxford UP, 2008. Print.