The fact that Victor is unable to realize the severity of the sin he has committed until the creature is breathing, much like himself, further symbolizes Shelley's central theme on the laws of existentialism. Through creating this monster, Victor sentences a living being to a life of blatant suffering and isolation (due to Frankenstein's relinquishment of his own creation). By abandoning his creation of life, Victor forgoes more and more of his humanity and exhibits his akin to the monster. In castigating his unnatural child to a life of unimaginable torment and isolationism, Victor pays the ultimate price for a knowledge that causes his own
The fact that Victor is unable to realize the severity of the sin he has committed until the creature is breathing, much like himself, further symbolizes Shelley's central theme on the laws of existentialism. Through creating this monster, Victor sentences a living being to a life of blatant suffering and isolation (due to Frankenstein's relinquishment of his own creation). By abandoning his creation of life, Victor forgoes more and more of his humanity and exhibits his akin to the monster. In castigating his unnatural child to a life of unimaginable torment and isolationism, Victor pays the ultimate price for a knowledge that causes his own