Mutability

"Man's yesterday may ne'er be like his morrow;
"Nought may endure but mutability!" (67)

This is the ending of a poem called Mutability by Percy Bysshe Shelley. It is significant because is shows that everyone is human after all, so their lives are constantly changing. At the point when this piece of poem is written in the novel, Frankenstein is finding happiness and relief by climbing the summit of Montenvert. Moments after this poem, the monster comes and changes Frankenstein's mood to regretful and terrified..

~Weaver, Lydia. "Biographical Sketch of PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY and An Interpretation Of 'Mutability' " August 26, 2008. <http://courses.wcupa.edu/fletcher/britlitweb/lweaverb.htm>