Victor's Betrayal

     Victor had decided to go through with his creation's persistent request for a female companion, knowing very well that he is responsible for it's well being. Driven by guilt, he began the project. However, he discovered soon after beginning that the project would have taken him a great amount of time, and research; and that risks would be involved. He faces an inner moral war with himself here, "For the first time, the wickedness of my promise burst upon me; I shuddered to think that future ages might curse me as their pest, whose selfishness had not hesitated to buy its own peace at the price, perhaps the existence of the whole human race." Victor sees his first creation as a failure because of it's violent nature and appalling appearance. He has realized suddenly that making another would only make the issue grow larger. If the two monsters were to have children they could potentially wreck havoc in Europe and eventually elsewhere. What is significant from this is that one mistake leads to another- these mistakes do not disappear, they multiply and have consequences. Victor is only just now seeing the immensity of his actions.