> In the end, yes. But the novel starts with him being so proud of the golem that he takes it home with disastrous results.
We must've read very different novels. In Chapter 5[1] (when he finally recounts how he brought the golem to life, after talking about his life and his studies up to that point) it's clear that he instantly regretted it.
> I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.
And he didn't take it home with him. He leaves his laboratory and heads back home. The golem lives in the forest for a long time, and finds a family living in a cottage. While hiding from them, he learns to speak, and tries to talk to them. They shun him, and he is filled with anger at his creator for creating him and leaving him alone. So he finds Frankenstein's home and then kills his family.
Maybe some adaptions of the book have different stories on this topic (I've only ever read the original) but I would argue that a depiction which shows Frankenstein regret his decision much later (and the golem's murder of his family being something other than revenge against his creator for abandoning him) is missing the point of Shelly's story.
We must've read very different novels. In Chapter 5[1] (when he finally recounts how he brought the golem to life, after talking about his life and his studies up to that point) it's clear that he instantly regretted it.
> I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.
And he didn't take it home with him. He leaves his laboratory and heads back home. The golem lives in the forest for a long time, and finds a family living in a cottage. While hiding from them, he learns to speak, and tries to talk to them. They shun him, and he is filled with anger at his creator for creating him and leaving him alone. So he finds Frankenstein's home and then kills his family.
Maybe some adaptions of the book have different stories on this topic (I've only ever read the original) but I would argue that a depiction which shows Frankenstein regret his decision much later (and the golem's murder of his family being something other than revenge against his creator for abandoning him) is missing the point of Shelly's story.
[1]: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/84/84-h/84-h.htm#chap05