What is the resolution of the novel Frankenstein?

The novel resolves, or ends, with these three events:

• Victor Frankenstein dies on Robert Walton's ship


• The Monster finds Victor dead and then jumps off the ship and into the cold arctic to go off and supposedly die


• Walton decides to go home to England

1) Victor Frankenstein has worn himself, physically and emotionally, searching for the Monster. As a result, he is near death when he arrives on Walton's ship. He shares his story...

The novel resolves, or ends, with these three events:

• Victor Frankenstein dies on Robert Walton's ship


• The Monster finds Victor dead and then jumps off the ship and into the cold arctic to go off and supposedly die


• Walton decides to go home to England

1) Victor Frankenstein has worn himself, physically and emotionally, searching for the Monster. As a result, he is near death when he arrives on Walton's ship. He shares his story with Walton, but then dies before ever finding his creation again.

2) The Monster finds Victor, but he is already dead. Walton walks in on the Monster talking to Victor's corpse and lamenting their complicated relationship. The Monster is remorseful and sad, but also still a bit angry. Victor's death is bittersweet, because as much as the Monster wanted Victor dead, he has no one else in the world who knows him. He is now truly alone. 

"He sprung from the cabin window, as he said this, upon the ice-raft which lay close to the vessel. He was soon borne away by the waves, and lost in darkness and distance."

3) After hearing Frankenstein's story, Walton sees too many parallels to his own life and ambitions and decides he better head home before he becomes too much like Victor. He turns the ship around and goes back to England.