As Frankenstein is a frame story, the
            end is the beginning, and the middle is a flashback.
So, at
            the end (or the beginning), Victor is half-delirious and mad (crazy).  Later, once he
            unfolds his tale, Walton learns that his guest is good-natured and sad.  Then, Victor
            becomes inquisitive and obsessed about knowing what Walton has seen regarding the
            Monster.
In telling his flashback, Victor has learned a few
            lessons in humility taught to him by his creation, the Monster.  Victor has learned to
            curb his unadulterated passion, his curiosity, his reckless pursuit of knowledge, and
            his hubris (pride)--all of which isolate him from his friends, family, and community.
             All these lessons he wants to tell Robert Walton to convince him from pursuing his
            romantic dream, the passage to the North Pole, which may cost him many
            lives.
Still, Victor is hell-bent on revenge.  He is
            obsessed with killing his monster and, it seems, himself in the process.  He wants to
            punish his creation and himself for all the lives they, together, have killed in the
            process.
 
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