In concurrence with the remark that Frankenstein's creation of his monster is that of one who supercedes the role of a human being, in mockery of God, it can, however, be argued that Macbeth, too, supercedes the role of human as he aligns himself with the supernatural world of the witches and plays the role of one above the human level. For, while he at first says,
If chance will have me King, why, chance may crown me,
Without my stir. (1.3.144-145)
he later admits that he acts as he does obeying only his "vaulting ambition" that incites him to act on the predictions of the three sisters and create his own "chance":
I have no spur
To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself
And fall on th' other (1.7.25-28)
Still, Macbeth is responsible only for his crimes, whereas Frankenstein is responsible for his crime against Nature as well as the crimes of his creature.
As there seems little indication on the part of the authors as to whether Macbeth and Victor Frankenstein will suffer punishment after death, certainly they have both suffered on earth. Macbeth, for instance, has lost his wife and has nothing other than power for its own sake as his motive for living. His "tomorrow and tomorrow" soliloquy that expresses the futility of life indicates his suffering. On the part of Victor Frankenstein, his loss, too, of loved ones has, indeed, been great punishment. Then, as an extension of himself, the creature prepares a "deadly torture" that will consume him as reparation for the sins of Victor and himself.
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