"Over him hung a form which I cannot find words to describe:--gigantic in stature, yet uncouth and distorted in its proportions...but one vast hand was extended" -pg. 163
This scene, as the last scene of the novel, reflects one of the first scenes of the book. The creation scene in the very beginning is mirrored in this ending scene. The monster is standing over Victor with his hand extended to him. Circumstances, however, are much different. Victor is lying dead in this last scene, while he is full of life in the first. The creature has the same intentions even though his stages of life are different. The creature is reaching out for help and consolation in both scenes, even though Victor is dead in the last. In a baby state of mind in the first scene, the monster only knows of his creator and reaches out in affection. In the last scene, the monster returns to his creator and reaches out full of regret, hoping for his consolation and forgiveness.
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