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THE ANTAGONIZING FATE OF TWO MEN DRAFT ONE "The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deed and words return to us sooner or later, with astounding accuracy." -Thomas Merton Victor Frankenstein believes his demise to be the fault of his never-ending quest for knowledge. This obsession however, this need to attain vast information is not the only key. His fate is more attributable to his lusting ambition, his shear ignorance and, …

…Victor refuses to admit to anyone the terror of what he has created, even as he sees the malevolent ramifications of his creation tread through lives. Victor Frankenstein’s personality as a whole changes drastically over the course of the novel; from a guiltless university student enthralled by the endless possibilities of modern science into a disillusioned, guilt-ridden man with an unwavering lust to destroy his creation, for he believes that his creation, ‘destroyed’ him.