A Very Dangerous Road to Go Down

In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the title character begins down a mental path that is very dangerous.  After his creation receives life, it leaves Frankenstein's house.  The mentally put Victor out of any responsibility of the monster.  He went to school to learn for the sake of learning and was leading a relatively care free life with his friend Clerval.  But after two years he receives a letter, informing him that his brother has been murdered.  He immediately rushes home, only to spot the monster and immediately know that it is the killer.  However, the families adopted child, Justine, is tried and killed as the murderer.  Victor internally blames himself for all these deaths, along with the sadness he thinks he has brought upon the family.  He thought, "From the tortures of my own heart, I turned to contemplate the deep and voiceless grief of my Elizabeth.  This also was my doing!  And my father's woe, and the desolation of that late so smiling home..." (Shelley, 60).  Victor has mentally started down a dark road, claiming responsibility for the monster he created and abandoned.  This will likely lead him to pursue interaction with the beast, which could be dangerous.  His guilt could lead him to do something very destructive, such as chase the monster to the North Pole.