In both Frankenstein and The Blade Runner, the central characters reveal their regrets that act as a burden in their lives. Victor Frankenstein’s narration of the monster he created tells us he could barely “endure the aspect of the being [he] had created” (47). Frankenstein leaves the creation to fend for itself and live alone in the cruel world, for he cannot bear what he has fabricated with his own hands. He feels guilty for spending all of his time making something so terrible, yet he cannot reverse his decision to create life now that he has succeeded. “[He] had worked hard for nearly two years…[he] had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that [he] had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled [his] heart” (51). Although his efforts are futile, Frankenstein attempts to shelter those he cares about from the atrocious thing he has created. However, even though he tries to protect them, he fails to tell them the truth; that he had created the monster. Frankenstein does not go through with creating a second creature to serve as a mate for the first; he destroys his work and subjects himself to the monster’s rage. “Had [he] right, for [his] own benefit, to inflict this curse upon everlasting generations? [He] had been struck senseless by his [the creature’s] fiendish threats: but now, for the first time, the wickedness of [his] promise burst upon me; [he] shuddered to think that future ages might curse [him] as their pest, whose selfishness had not hesitated to buy its own peace at the price, perhaps, of the existence of the whole human race” (147). The Creature Victor created also has regrets of its own. The creature is born good. However, as he is completely alone from the beginning, he feverishly desires to have someone accept him for who he is. “… I easily perceived that, although I eagerly longed to discover myself to the cottagers, I ought to not make the attempt until I had first...