Victor’s transformation into a maniac and his demise ultimately symbolizes the consequences of dangerous knowledge. Throughout the novel, the reader is constantly reminded of the consequences of immoral creation in science; from the ongoing murders of Victor’s family and friends to his constant paranoia of the monster watching him. However, the monster also suffers, as it is essentially mistreated and ostracized by everyone it interacts with. Furthermore, at the end of the novel, the monster notes that exacting his revenge on Victor and its murders did not make anything better for itself; instead, the guilt of the murders and the screams of the monster’s victims still haunts it at the end of the novel. The reader is exposed to the harsh truth of dangerous knowledge: neither of the sides involved benefit, and it ultimately only causes the suffering of those involved and the others around them.