Jealous much?

"The wretch saw me destroy the creature on whose future existence he depended for happiness, and, with a howl of devilish despair and revenge, withdrew" (pg 121).

I always like to try to guess what scene in the book would be considered the climax, even though I never persuade myself correctly.  For this novel, I am going to blindly guess that the climax of the story is the epiphany of Victor when he makes the creature's very own lady friend.

Before I get to any actual analysis, let me just pose a quick question for you.

Why did the creature want a newborn frankencreature to... "be happy" with.

If you look past the many (and trust me, there are plenty) of highly disturbing, yet meanwhile thought provoking, questions associated with this condition, I do believe that this scene holds merit as being the climax of the work as a whole.  Of course all of my thoughts are going to be "organized" in a bullet list which will be compiled as I think of my defense.

• Until here we only have many characters being introduced and we hear what led up to this moment.
• We also have that one death that sparked all of this contention between the creature and Victor.
• After this act, the story develops a clear plot line and the reader can start piecing together the storyline and all of the motives.
• This is the first time we see Victor take a stand against his creature and show that he is willing to take down his monster.
• I had this quote underlined in my book and it seemed like a good scene for a climax to be.

I would have to say that my argument seems pretty solid on this subject.

P.S.  I just checked Sparknotes and they said the climax is the murder of Elizabeth.  I disagree.