"I shall die, I shall no longer feel the agonies which now consume me, or be the prey of feelings unsatisfied, yet unquenched." -pg 166
This quote is from the very last page of the novel. The paragraphs preceding this statement were all said by the monster. They were lamenting his painful life, his unhappy fate, his horribly dead master, and other such miserable complaints. Then, he says this. He makes it seem that death is but a relief from his agonies. Death is a release from his pain. So is this a happy ending? Is the creature happy to die? Walton did learn from Victor's warnings and turned back his boat that was destined for danger. Walton still has loved ones, and is alive and unharmed. So if the two main characters left: Walton and the monster, are both either resigned to their fate, or happy to go about it, is this ending qualified as happy? I guess I will have to settle for bittersweet.
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