Frankenstein: Responsibility

The novel Frankenstein written by Mary Shelley is a work of fiction that breaks the ethics of science. Ethics is defined as rules of conduct or moral principles which are ignored in the story. The story is about a person named Victor Frankenstein who creates an artificial being. Victor abandons the being out of fear and the being is left to discover the outside world on his own and be rejected by people making the monster go on a violent rampage. Victor’s decision would affect him later on by the monster killing his loved ones causing Victor to suffer. Then Victor chooses to seek revenge on the monster and this choice will bring him to his death. In novel Frankenstein one might say that the main character, Victor, breaks the ethics of

The creature's physical grotesqueness makes the creature unable to attain affection from the human societies. The creature is initially rejected by his creator, who is the closest resemblance to a mother or father figure. Despite this relationship, Victor finds the creature to be a "miserable monster" (39). Consequently, as soon as life is present within the creature, Victor abandons his child. Victor claims that he "escaped, and rushed down the stairs" (40) away from the

In Shelley’s Frankenstein, the monster is portrayed as a grotesque abomination. However, as Hopkins states in Contending Forces, the cultural and geographical situations, or lack thereof, in which one matures in play a crucial role in the proper development of one’s mind and brain. The monster is simply a product of circumstance. The lack of social interactions alongside geographical isolation propelled the daemon to be alienated from society, ultimately resulting in a lack of morals and an underdeveloped psyche. By being a culmination of his surroundings and experiences it is revealed that the true monstrous entities are the factors that leave the daemon predisposed to fail in a modern society. Arguably, Victor created a being, while the circumstances that said being was placed in “created” a monster. Shelley purposefully terrorizes the monster with such intensity to provoke and justify the overarching theme in this novel which states that people should not be judged on their physical appearance.

The creature was truly miserable and hated the fact that he was even alive. All he wanted was someone to accept him and like him for who he was. Victor was once again acting in a monstrous manner when he refused to make a friend for the creature. The fact that the creature was always shut out from society and abandoned by anyone he ever came in contact with shows that perhaps if he had a companion, he would not have been acting out in so many rages, which results in no longer having to seek revenge. There would be no revenge to seek because he would be happy and satisfied with his life.

The Victim and Victimizer In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, it can be hard to pinpoint who exactly is the victim and the victimizer. In a way, both Victor and the Monster are both victims, however, the Monster is the true victimizer between the two. From my perspective, Victor is the victim of poor planning and his own creation.

The duty of the frankenstein book is that all the creators to creation wanted the duty to be the good person in the book. Trying to get power to rule everyone because they all wanted the role to rule over everyone. A parent to a child describes the responsibility to love and care for their children to make sure they don't get into trouble, teaching them that fighting not always the key to everything you do in life that there is other ways of dealing with the problems a different way. The monster show that no effect on after killing the an innocent kid. When victor left the monster with lonely existence the monster hated him and even vowed

person to unleash such a terror on the world to benefit only himself and his

Understanding the result of having such a monstrous physique, the creature took it out on none other than his creator. This however didn’t mean the monster wanted to kill Victor but rather make him understand the pain of being desolate by killing

Would you trade the power of choice for the freedom of having no true responsibility? In the first pages of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, we are introduced to a person who makes this decision. Victor Frankenstein creates a horrible monster, attributing his creation to the power of “fate”. But instead of simply showing a person who dodges responsibility by blaming fate for his mistakes, the novel demonstrates that different relationships with fate lead to different outcomes. Throughout the story, Victor moves from blaming fate, to unconsciously acknowledging his own responsibility, and finally to fully accepting his own free will. Each stage shows a shift in Frankenstein’s attitude towards life, and taken together, the novel illustrates that choosing the view of no responsibility leads to a darkened life, while choosing a view of free will leads to a life filled with choices and fulfillment.

Frankenstein proves a quintessential ethical experience as it teaches that not only is absolute justice unattainable, but also it is undesirable as revenge most often serves as its motivation. She demonstrates that, because of their desire for revenge, both individuals and the courts fail to achieve

In the book, Frankenstein, one of the major ethical dilemmas that is faced is the issue of life. The main goal of Victor Frankenstein in the book was to cheat death and bring a person back from the dead. The ethical issues with this are does that person want to be brought back, is it right to reanimate a body, what kind of life can this monster live, and should they play God. Victor does not consider these dilemma until it is too late, he only wants the scientific discovery no the dilemmas that come with it.

Even though Mr. Frankenstein was not clinically insane, his actions did perpetrate one who is. Victor Frankenstein was a mad scientist. In attempting to play God, his experiment back fired causing the death of his loved ones. “I seemed to have lost all soul or sensation but for this one pursuit”, said victor. His passion and obsession led him to commit unethical experiments and become absent to his family. For an extended period of time he isolated himself from society and dedicated his time in attempt to resurrect the dead. Victor became ignorant and did not think clearly of his actions and its results. Most importantly he did not own up to it. Because of his actions, an innocent woman was hung to death. Yet, he had many opportunities to take

Frankenstein by Mary Shelly focuses on Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who strives to create life, and his creation, The Monster. Many believe (incorrectly) that Frankenstein is the name of The Creature, instead of the scientist who produced it. Though the people are misinformed their thoughts are not without basis because of how similarly affected these characters are throughout the narrative. Victor Frankenstein and his creation are subjected to the same terror due to their similar nature.

Watching my first horror film was quite the ride. Most especially since I was of young age. Frankenstein’s a film to remember since it’s done something no other film has ever done during its era… Which is to have the audience feel remorse and anger at the antagonist having mixed feelings for such a character. The film plays with morality and ethics of the such, touching upon the idea of religion in certain areas of the film where the whole film turns into this notion of what is morally or ethically right and wrong, playing with our judgement. The film begins within the 18th century of a man writing to his beloved in letters.

Fracking, an effective way to reduce the cost of power and strengthen the economy, shares many similarities with the themes of humanity reflected in Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley. It undoubtedly has the potential to destroy ecosystems, just like how Frankenstein’s monster can hurt everything around it. Additionally, both of them can make a huge mess that is really hard to clean up. The consequences humanity faces if fracking companies don’t take responsibility for their greedy actions of obtaining more fossil fuels for monetary profit is the unintentional and irreversible damages towards the environment that will be extremely difficult to clean up.