Denouement
Denouement is a literary term use to classify the falling action of a literary work, in Frankenstein the denouement is the final chase between Victor and The Being. Victor follows him all the was to the Northern Sea where he finds Walton's ship and eventually dies, then The Being claims that his crimes against Victor were unjust and he did care for his creator despite being the origins of Victor's suffering. Then The Being states that he plans to kill himself to end the misery he produced from his own pain and resentment. Victor's death and The Being's vow through Walton's letters concludes the story as best it can be, with Victor dying along with all that he associated with (minus Krempe haha) leaves no one is left to mourn anyone else's death. Then with The Being committing suicide, the audience isn't left to worry about him murdering anyone else or reeking havoc on humanity any longer. Overall, the story ends on a somber yet optimistic note, the knowledge that no one human should know is still a mystery to Walton and the audience (for good reason according to Victor) and the monster he created by said means is destroyed as well, so no man can reference it to make another. Both Victor and The Being end up unintentionally protecting humanity by living to endure the journey but mostly by their deaths.
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