Frankenstein Man Becomes God Analysis

“God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it... God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.” (Genesis 1:27, 29) Unlike God and his love for his creation, Victor despised and was disgusted with the creature he had created. He showed no love or appreciation for his creation, leading the creature to believe that all society was identical to his creator, or that there might be a diamond in the rough, as John Fletchers, the playwright, would put it. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the main character Victor sees himself as a god in the idea that he is creating life. Victor

Because victor abandoned his creation and left it to run wild, the monster was left to find food, clothes, shelter, and educate himself, the monster eventually discovers his creator’s true feelings towards him and seeks out revenge against him, starting Frankenstein’s lifetime of punishment (Mia, 2016). Victor’s sin is not against God but against nature. His sin is that of Hubris, an attempt to become master over the powers of nature through the creation of an unnatural man. His corresponding punishment is to become a slave to the wicked actions of his monster. He is forced to watch his loved ones be murdered one by one, while he remains powerless (Mia, 2016). In the final chapter of Frankenstein, the creature does express remorse for his terrible acts, as they caused the death of his creator, surely he weeps over the body of victor Frankenstein whom he has loved from the second he opened his eyes (Westwood,

In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein’s desire for fame and fortune backfired when his creation ultimately wiped out Victor’s loved ones. Many experts argue that Victor became too consumed with his experiment and his desire for the resulting reputation to consider the repercussions of playing God. Although some believe that Victor’s reputation played the role of him having a God-Complex, it is because of his lack of self honesty-yet major cockiness-with the hero status that Victor can be characterized as the guilty one, thus assuming responsibility for his wrongdoings.

In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, many students and critics have accused Victor of " playing god " by fabricating a creature in his laboratory. Playing god implies that a character is flawed by excessive hubris, which has been applied to victor. Victor's background plays a huge role in all of these upcoming events. He grew up in Geneva, Switzerland, reading the wonders of ancient and outdated alchemists. Victor later on attends a university at Ingolstadt, where he deepens his knowledge about modern science. Within a few years Victor was able to master all that his professors had to teach him. His fascination with the secrets of life ends up leaving Victor with more than what he bargained for. Victor became so engrossed with the idea

Cursed, be the hands that formed you! You have made me wretched beyond expression. You have left me no power to consider whether I am just to you or not. Begone! Relieve me from the sight of your detested form” (115-116 Shelley). Here Victor has totally changed his opinion on creating life. He states that whoever created him, Victor, should be cursed. “I had hitherto supposed him to be the murder of my brother, and I eagerly sought a confirmation or denial of this opinion. For the first time, also, I felt what duties of a creator towards his creature were and I ought to render him happy before I complained of his wickedness” (116 Shelley). After all that has happened it is not unclear who the dominant of the relationship is. Frankenstein is a cautionary tale warning mankind of the consequences of unbridled ambition triggered out of one man emulating God (Wood). Because Victor did not set himself as the parent of god figure in the beginning the creature has now taken control of Victor and is now ordering him around. It has also led to the killing of many people, which could have been avoided if Victor had realized that humans and gods are not equal. This is a clear reason as to why humans can not be God, because for people to be god they must be all

Victor Frankenstein played with the secrets of nature and life, ultimately usurping the role of God and creating a living creature from dead human parts. Frankenstein, however, was not a good god, in that God is supposed to love his creations, regardless of what they look like. However, Victor judged his own creation as monstrous because when the monster threatened to hurt Elizabeth, Victor knew then that he had created a monster that wasn't in his control. He also knew that it was his fault that the monster turned out to be what it was because of his own shunning. If he had accepted his creation, the monster wouldn't have turned into evil.

Victor Frankenstein has isolated himself from the outside world because he is so obsessed with his creation of the Monster he becomes ill, malnourished and sleep deprived. The countless hours he has put into his experiment has pulled him away from any and all outside communication. ”Every night I was oppressed by a slow fever, and I became nervous to a most painful degree; the fall of a leaf startled me, and I shunned my fellow creatures as if I had been guilty of a crime.” (Shelley 41). Victor is explaining in this quote that he has not been a part for society for some time now and that he feels nervous that it starts to cause him pain. He has pulled himself away from society because he feels that he has committed a crime and he dose not want them to know about it. This is one of Victors symbolic flaws that has brought himself to look at his creation as a Monster.

There are obvious similarities between Victor and his creation; each is abandoned, isolated, and both start out with

After bringing to life his creation, he realizes the true and hideous monster he has unleashed. He is scared of his own creation, much like many imagine Gods of all religions to be, of the monstrosity that the human race has become. Acting as both a God and a coward, Victor flees his monster out of fear but this only turns into a murderous revenge. With only a heavy heart, the monster speaks of loathing, “All men hate the wretched; how then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things! Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me, they creature, to whom thou art bound by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us.” (Shelley, 83) To only one, Victor is revered as a God, the Creator, to this

The story starts as four letters. A man is writing to his sister, she is in England. He is far from home. He is searching for a new discovery in science.  He’s heading north, on a ship.  People say that it’s a dangerous journey. The story is written in the last letter Mr.Walton wrote to his sister.

His project consumed his mind and his life, it's all he thought about. When he states, “Darkness had no effect upon my fancy, and a churchyard was to me merely the receptacle of the bodies deprived of life”(25). Victor showcases a pre-monster attitude. The darkness has not affected him, not like it would for others his conscience holds no concerns over the fact that he is essentially grave robbing. He is disturbing the bodies of the dead and does not care that it is immoral to do so. Victor is the creator of this monster, so he's essentially is like the father of his creation he state “ No father could claim the gratitude of his child so completely as I should deserve theirs”(26). He imitates God and believe his monster should be thankful for giving him life. Throughout the novel he slowly starts to show his inner monsters, Frankenstein states “ I dabbled among the unhallowed damps of the grave or tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay?”(27) this would be an extreme example of a monster in himself. Victor’s secret horrors come out to the light and his obsession of creating life turn into him torturing innocent animals in order to play god. It turns away from science and instead starts to turn into an obsession of being able to give life. Frankenstein is stating that he used animals to create the monster and digging around the graveyard looking for body

     Victor's Frankenstein's childhood was an idyllic existence, much like how Milton would describe the early days of the Garden of Eden.  His problems start occurring when he starts to wonder about the origin of life, and eventually Victor himself creates life in the lab in the form of the Creature.  This can be seen as a secularization of the Creation myth, where the role of God is placed upon Victor.  Victor not only has aspired to Godhead, but he has also put science ahead of God.  He is aspiring to Godhead and omnipotence when he says: "The world was to me a secret which I desired to divine."   The use of "divine" is particularly telling in Victor's statement.  Victor wields the power to create, as God does, but his God-like powers come through modern science.  Those powers which he uses, though, contain a complex series of effects which he does not understand.

​Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein explores several themes that define what it is to be a human. Victor Frankenstein perceived the monster he created as an evil demon though the book prompts learners to see the whole story from the monster’s perspective. Learners will be forced to sympathize with the monster as the book unfolds to showcase how he is alienated from a typical family after Victor declined to create him a companion and how he results into monstrous acts while trying to seek revenge for the injustices of his creator. The themes of love, family, crime and justice are crucial in a learning environment since they are necessary aspects

The book Frankenstein gives examples of characters with many sides and feelings. Including main character Victor Frankenstein. By showing Victor’s very mad personality. It seems that Victor tries to play god. Many believe only God can create life. Victor created life with science. Soon it makes him lose his mind when he loses control of his creation. Now could it be possible that Victor is left with the consequences of trying to play a higher power such as God?

In the epic Paradise Lost, God created Adam and Eve, and humankind, whereas in Frankenstein, Victor played the role of God and created a monster. Moreover, obtaining knowledge was considered to be dangerous in both works, in Paradise Lost, Adam and Eve’s curiosity led them to the punishments of God that will let the following generations to sin, while in Frankenstein, Victor’s attainment of knowledge went too far that it allowed him to create the monster that made a huge destruction. The monster can be likened to Satan, both were created by a God and ended up doing rebellious things. The monster was born as a new man, as an Adam, but the rejection of society changed him in to an evil monster which can be parallel to Satan. In addition, the monster asked Victor for a mate to share his sufferings with, this shows how the monster also needed someone to be with just like how Adam and Eve shared the sadness they felt when they left the Garden of Eden. More so, Victor could also be a representation of Satan, because with his monstrous creation he was able to challenge the power of