Character Of Victor In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

“One Man’s life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of knowledge…”(Shelley, 11) Throughout the gothic classic Frankenstein we see a man’s attempt to reanimate the dead. Though the main character, Victor Frankenstein, was able to overcome death, he ends up creating a monster. The creation ends up killing his brother, best friend, and his wife; Victor Frankenstein then dedicates the rest of his life to hunt down the creation. Though Victor may seem to have a good reason, he really has an egotistical ulterior motive. Because of his true motives, one can perceive that Victor Frankenstein’s actions in creating the monster were unethical.

Reiterating the characteristics of the classic Byronic hero in more depth provides a clearer understanding of the choices made in Frankenstein and the effect they may have on an audience. The isolation from society that a Byronic hero displays is very noticeable. In “Manfred,” Manfred isolates himself physically, which can be seen when he goes up into the tower, from the words of Herman seem to be quite often, “He hath pursued long vigils in this tower” (Manfred Act 3, Line 2). Similarly, Victor can be seen isolating himself early on in the novel where he speaks of delving so deeply into his studies. He removes many joys from his life and continues this expedition of knowledge at the expense of his health (Frankenstein, Vol 1, Page 83). Additionally

1817 after a trip to Switzerland in the summer of 1816 with a group of

Another important event that results in Victor's demise due to betrayal is when the monster kills William. Because Victor left the monster and gave him the chance to realize that humans are awful, resulting in his promise to enact revenge on humans. When the monster arrives in Geneva he finds William. Because William freaks out on the monster and becomes scared its results in the monster realizing his relation with his nemesis. When the monster discovers the William is related to Victor he says, “Frankenstein! You belong then to my enemy...I grasped his throat to silence him, and in a moment he lay dead at my feet” (126-127). After the monster kills William it is the finally push for Victor's hatred of the monster. Because the monster killed

wretchedness of his creation, instead of deciding to take action, he allows the creature to

This part happens after the monster killed Justine, Victor decided to make a travel to try Find some sense of life, something that would do him good, it was inevitable this situation, Victor felt guilty, after all, he created the monster, the same monster that killed him best friend, Justine and others innocent people, Victor is the creator, all the monster actions, Victor was responsible.

The creature is a victim because he was left by his creator(Victor) and exposed to the world in the worst possible way. He can’t seem to make any friends because everyone is scared of him; he never chose his fate, but that’s how he is treated. Everyone treats him as a monster at first sight even though they don’t know him. Victor also can be seen as a victim because the creature keeps killing people he loves. When he was making the creature, he didn’t expect what the result was and now, all he hears is that the monster is killing his loved ones. I think it is possible for the creature and Victor to be both perpetrators and victims. For Victor, as I already explained why he is a victim, he violated the law of nature which is why I said he could

In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the meaning of life is observed and humanity is compared between the two major characters of the story, Victor and the monster. Throughout the novel, it is discovered that Victor, a real human, becomes less humanlike and Victor’s creation, the monster, is more humane on the inside. Victor’s ambition to create a new life is very excessive, and he selfishly keeps his creation of the monster a secret to avoid his responsibilities for the destructions, which are the results of his creation. On the other hand, the monster is originally an innocent being whose ambition is to receive love and care from humans. He keeps his existence a secret only because he is scared of being rejected. Finally, both characters seek vengeance for different reasons. Victor wants to destroy the monster for murdering his loved ones and the monster murders Victor’s families and

A Clichéd plot of a tragic hero story goes as follows: a hero is born with a dark background and soon notices a greater power within himself. But as the hero uses that power for good, it slowly consumes him both mentally and physically. In the end, the hero meets a dooming fate, mostly portrayed as death. “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley is a perfect example of a story which the hero is consumed by his own uncontrollable talent and power. Just as great trees are more prone to lightening, “Frankenstein” introduces a tragic hero whose power ultimately leads him to self-destruction To be a hero, skill is an essential thing.

Victor Frankenstein was a very ambitious man with very ambitious dreams. From the time he was a child, he was intrigued with the studies of ancient alchemists. He always had an affinity for acquiring as much knowledge as possible. This pursuit of knowledge eventually led to the destruction of everyone he loved, as well as him meeting his own demise.

The role of victor is subverting the mythological customs in Frankenstein. Generally the maker is well thought-out higher and ideal in his traits though, in this tale, the creator himself is imperfect he fails to possess his very own formation. On the absolute contrast, Mary Shelley depicts the individual to be a lonely being who survive his whole life wishing a partner and acquaintance. The individual is so abandoned by the social order, so deserted by Victor and the public he came across, that he turned out to be packed with revulsion towards everybody, mainly for the one who positioned him in these awful situations in the first place – Victor. The primary rejection happened exact after the “birth” of the

Dr. Victor Frankenstein is one of the many character’s where we see a constant battle with not only his creation, but with himself. Victor is a man of extreme emotion and inquiry. In this letter, I tried to imitate the Doctor’s outrageous forms of psychological warfare. His combined feelings of powerlessness, guilt, as well as anger are depicted in this letter as a way to show Frankenstein’s personality and mental state.

If, someone is on the arctic tundra chasing a monster something is obviously wrong. Captain Robert Walton, who is searching for a passage to the North Pole Find Victor Frankenstein almost dead on a sled. Walton then inquires to Frankenstein’s adventures and thus the story of how the monster was created began. I believe that the story will show how victor is haunted and ultimately punished for playing god.

Victor Frankenstein, main character in Mary W. Shelley novel Frankenstein discovered the secret of creating new life and become fascinated with the possibility of giving life to lifeless matter. He is consumed by the idea, working day and night not caring that he “tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay” (48). Irresponsible young man, not thinking it through creates “human being…of a gigantic statue” (47). Without thinking how he, the creator, will care for his creations. Without considering what the life is going to be for the creature he creates. He gives his creation life. He was in such a hurry to animate his creation that he didn’t pay attention how the creature looked. He and only he knows the secret of the process. He

“‘we are unfashioned creatures, but half made up, if one wiser, better, dearer than ourselves— such a friend ought to be—do not lend his aid to perfectionate our weak and faulty natures…’”(Shelley 12).