Is love lacked in this novel? Is the absence of love most striking? The lack of love between the creator (Victor) and his creation (the monster) can lead only to misery and destruction. Love is a very powerful thing, it can heal, redeem, or even sustain. Love is shown in this novel but it is more often lacked. Love is shown to Victor from his sister family and friends. But between his creation and himself …showed first 75 words of 681 total…

…showed last 75 words of 681 total…that was full of anxiety and excitement was dead. As he states, "William is dead! - that sweet child, whose smiles delighted and warmed my heart, who was so gentle, yet so gay! Victor, he is murdered" (Frankenstein 46). He then decided to go back to Geneva. He longed to go back to his loved and sorrowing friends; but at the same time frightened because many things were on his mind. <Tab/>