Suffering In Frankenstein

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The unbearable feeling of guilt and the hopeless situation of total loneliness leads the monster to self-destruction. And his logic is understandable. The philosophical significance of “Frankenstein” is striking in its depth. It is about the possibility of human freedom, including from oneself. Viktor Frankenstein is not free even in his death, because he leaves, leaving in the world his creation, from which he denied. The monster is left alone from the very beginning, but this freedom of the natural person is elusive because he has to exist in the world of people, to realize his endless loneliness and not be able to fix it. With the death of Frankenstein, his creation loses the last person who would connect him with life. The monster chooses