"In a fit of enthusiastic madness I created a rational creature, and was bound towards him, to assure, as far as was in my power, his happiness and well-being. This was my duty; but there was another still paramount to that." (pg. 161)
Throughout this novel, Frankenstein has struggled with his amount of responsibility that he has for the monster. In the quote, he claims that he has a duty to end this creature's life. As soon as life was given to it, Frankenstein realized he had made a huge mistake. He has a duty to take care of this creature he created, but ironically, he doesn't care for it. After the creature starts killing others, Victor now has the duty to kill it before it hurts more people. When he starts to die, Victor tries to convince Walton to continue his duty of killing the monster if he ever sees him again. Walton agrees, but when the time comes, he refuses to do it. Right after Victor dies, the monster shows up but Walton doesn't kill him. Instead, he just listens to what he has to say.
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