"As he hung over the coffin, his face was concealed by long locks of ragged hair; but one vast hand was extended, in colour and apparent texture like that of a mummy."
-page 163
This quote comes from the final scene of the novel, in which the creature comes to see Victor and ask forgiveness, but finds Victor to already be dead. This scene and image has a lot of parallels with the original creation scene. One similarity I noticed between the scenes was the out stretched arm of the creature. In the creation scene, the creature reaches out to Victor, like a baby to his father. Also in this scene, the creature has his arm stretched out to Victor. One key difference between the scenes is that in the creation, Victor was overlooking the creature. However, now that Victor is dead, the creature is the one overlooking him. In all of the scenes when the creature appears to Victor, or in this case Walton, they hear the creature before they see him. There could be a murmur in another room, or a creaking of a door, or a scream from someone else. I just find it interesting how Mary Shelley uses characteristics of scenes many times throughout the novel. I also think the idea of the creature being the one standing over Victor this time really helped portray the meaning of the story.
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