he monster represents Frankenstein's ambition:
For the monster is quite literally the embodiment of Frankenstein's ambition, and it is that embodiment which slays, in turn, each of Frankenstein's dearest human attachments--first little William, his brother; then Justine Moritz, an especial favorite of his; then Henry Clerval, his best friend; then Elizabeth, his bride; and finally, indirectly, his father (Walling 38).
In this light, the monster is a destroyer of family. In the beginning, Frankenstein has a family consisting of father, brother, fiancTe, and friends. The monster is indirectly part of this family, though unknown to the others, and an unnatural part of the family at that.
The monster himself is seeking the nurturing qualities of family, and in retaliation for these being denied to him, he seeks to destroy the family that Frankenstein has, a f
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