Harper Clark ’26

If my alternate ending ever becomes a book, here are the illustrations you might see.

As the rest of the senior class and I are finishing up “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, we have been discussing our opinions on the ending. While some of the Royals have liked it, others believe it should have ended differently. Personally, I enjoyed the ending, but after further thought, I came up with an alternative ending. 

Senior Savannah Mostero thoroughly enjoyed the book, as she explained: “It was a blast to read in class; this was the first book I’ve really enjoyed reading at school because of the interesting plot twist.” I agree! There are definitely some things that shocked me. I think the book kept every Rosary senior on their toes. 

Although Savannah would not change the ending, here are some of my ideas on how I think “Frankenstein” could have ended. So, this is “Frankenfort the Fairy Tale”: 

After Victor dies, the creature goes back and searches the world for the missing parts of the “companion” or love interest that Victor was planning on creating for him. The creature searches high and low, eventually finding her body parts at the bottom of the ocean. Not to mention, he faced his newfound fear of water all to gather her body parts. How romantic! 

Furthermore, he takes her body parts back to where Victor began to create her and teaches himself how to zap her into life. It is not a simple task for the creature; he goes through many trials and tribulations in an attempt to complete this task, but his strong will takes him to victor-y. 

As her eyes blinked open, the feeling of flies (get it? Like butterflies) filled their stomachs. Suddenly, any sadness that filled the creature’s brain was dispelled because he has found the love of his life. The creature decided to name her Gloria due to his longing for a name. She was much smarter than the creature was the first day he was created, due to her ability to talk. They stayed up all night, talking and planning their lives together. She later realized that she never asked for his name, and as the creature responded with “I don’t have one,” she quickly gave him the name Gilbert.

The next day, they began their journey to the home he had burnt down in the woods. They figured nobody would want to revisit where “monsters” have been sighted. Once they arrived, they started to clean up the surroundings and gather wood to soon build a home of their own.

Three years pass, and they are living safe and sound in their cottage and decided that it is time to start a family. They have one girl, Glinda, and two boys, Gery and Gerald. They are not born like their parents; yes, they are still outcasts and aren’t the most physically appealing, but they are mostly human-looking. Gilbert and Gloria raise them to be humble and spread kindness wherever they walk. In class, the children shared how kind and misjudged their parents are. This kindness spreads to the majority of the small town, making Gilbert and Gloria ecstatic. 

Overall, their lives are not perfect, and not everyone includes them, but they have each other, and that is all that matters. As any other good fairy tale goes, they live happily ever after. 

Now, it is time to hear from some of our other seniors who have recently finished the book.

Sophia Barrera ’26 takes the ending very seriously. She thinks that “Walton should have killed the creature.” Welp, that sure is intricate.

Senior Delilah Moos has come up with an award-winning idea: “I think that the creature should travel to Transylvania with all of the other friendly ‘monsters’ and become friends with them. Although his name is not Frankenstein in the book, maybe he will change his name to that once he arrives. Not to mention, you can watch ‘Hotel Transylvania’ to really bring this sequel to life!” I watched “Hotel Transylvania” last night after hearing Delilah’s alternate ending, and it definitely made the already amazing movie even better.

If you have any other possible endings, let me know, and I will be glad to listen to them. Do you think the creature would prefer this ending or the real one? Shelley’s ending makes more sense, but the creature may like the Rosary Class of 2026’s ideas more.