"In the mean time I took every precaution to defend my person, in case the fiend should openly attack me. I carried pistols and a daggar costantly about me, and was ever on the watch to prevent artifice; and by these means gained a greater degree of tranquility." (page 142).
Once Victor decides it is time to wed Elizabeth before he is killed or before she finds another man, he takes every single precaution to ensure that he will be alive before their ceremony and hopefully they can then get away before the monster can find them. It amazes me that he was so concerned about keeping himself safe but he didn't stop to think that the monster was killing everyone close to him so to make him suffer but to not yet kill him. It reminds me of a horror movie because after they are married and are residing in Evian, Victor tells Elizabeth to go to sleep and he will be there soon after he checks the perimeter. Soon after, he hears the screams from her room and realizes the mistake he has made. He has made many fatal mistakes in this story and it is a wonder he hasn't realized the implications of them yet. It's amazing to me because he is such a smart, well-educated man and yet he doesn't seem to think ahead. I think the anger, fear, exhaustion, and revenge has been clouding his vision for many years since the monster was created and it has completely altered his life and well being. Victor basically doesn't have a well-being any more and he has given up on anything and everything in his life except for hunting down his creation and destroying it. The only thing I wonder in all of this...and maybe I missed it...was where is Ernest his brother now?
Once Victor decides it is time to wed Elizabeth before he is killed or before she finds another man, he takes every single precaution to ensure that he will be alive before their ceremony and hopefully they can then get away before the monster can find them. It amazes me that he was so concerned about keeping himself safe but he didn't stop to think that the monster was killing everyone close to him so to make him suffer but to not yet kill him. It reminds me of a horror movie because after they are married and are residing in Evian, Victor tells Elizabeth to go to sleep and he will be there soon after he checks the perimeter. Soon after, he hears the screams from her room and realizes the mistake he has made. He has made many fatal mistakes in this story and it is a wonder he hasn't realized the implications of them yet. It's amazing to me because he is such a smart, well-educated man and yet he doesn't seem to think ahead. I think the anger, fear, exhaustion, and revenge has been clouding his vision for many years since the monster was created and it has completely altered his life and well being. Victor basically doesn't have a well-being any more and he has given up on anything and everything in his life except for hunting down his creation and destroying it. The only thing I wonder in all of this...and maybe I missed it...was where is Ernest his brother now?
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