How Victor's Creation Became A Monster In Frankenstein

The pity that the reader once felt towards this child-like creature who was abandoned upon creation, is turned to hatred and fear towards this monster who slaughters innocents. One doesn't blame the parents of a mass murderer for the crimes of their offspring simply because they gave birth to him. So why should Victor be held accountable for the treacherous deeds of his creation? The portrayal of the monster as the villain in this story attributes to the conflicting feelings of whether he is purely good or evil.

Victor believes he is at fate’s mercy, and on the other hand, the monster believes he is the master of his own fate when he declares that his life “shall not be the submission of abject slavery” and that he will “work at [Victor’s] destruction”… until [he] desolate[s] [Victor’s] heart” (Shelley 104-105). The monster knows that he is the one who makes the decisions and we refuses to be under the “slavery” of fate, which guides the audience to see the contrast between the two characters. In this quote, the monster uses his own free will to create destruction and desolation. So to him, making the decision to create destruction

Characters, such as Victor Frankenstein, struggled to convey themselves to the readers in “Frankenstein”, by Mary Shelley. It was difficult to understand their true thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors. Victor, the protagonist, is viewed to be morally ambiguous because he says one thing and then takes it back, he goes back and forth being in the state of depression, he has difficulties in making his decisions, and he treated others completely different than how he treated his own creation. Before Victor began making his creation, he was hooked on the idea of expanding his knowledge and learning things beyond his capacity.

The novel Frankenstein, tells the life of Victor from his early childhood to adulthood. It follows him on the highs and lows of his life. In the novel, Victor begins the construction of a creature. He believes this creation will be a wonderful being. However, the monster begins to haunt Victor’s life with his own problems.

Rather than just killing Victor, however, the monster decides to kill his loved ones. The death of a potential companion in the world incites the monster to create even more death.

Victor leaves with his best friend Clerval to Scotland so that he can begin his project. One night when Victor is working the following occurs… “As I looked on him, his countenance expressed the utmost extent of malice and treachery. I thought with a sensation of madness on my promise of creating another like him, and, trembling with passion, tore to pieces the thing on which I was engaged. The wretch saw me destroy the creature whose future existence he depended on for happiness, and, with a howl of devilish despair and revenge, withdrew” (Shelley 176). This moment of conflict is probably the most important in consideration with the story. This is the event which leads to the event of Victors family being murdered. Through a feminist perspective this can be seen as yet another way that Victor is rejecting his “child”. The monster gave him a second chance to redeem himself as a parent and do this one last thing for him. After Victor tears his second creation apart, the monster becomes furious and takes his anger out on Victor. If Victor had chosen a different path of action, things could have turned out well for the both of them but instead he rejected to request of his creation and the passion that got him into this

Nwaneka Chinedu Ms. Hotalen Honors English III p 9/10 February 18, 2016 citation: Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft. Frankenstein: Unabridged and Unadapted from the Original Text, and with Thirteen Related Readings. Lodi, NJ: Everbind Anthologies, 2002. Print.

The first reason that Victor is correct in his decision comes from when the monster said “It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another. Our

He describes the monster as an ugly when it is simply a hopeless lifeless monster, but when it finally comes to life, the monster is uglier than Victor thought possible. This is the time when Victor realizes the burden of exactly what he has done. The monster gets to the point where he is lonely and isolated. He seems to go analyze the reason and he thinks to himself, "I was dependent on none and related to none. The path of my departure was free, and there was none to lament my annihilation.

There were many events that made Victor feel anguished; William was died, Justin was executed, and others Victor's love. When Victor saw the monster, he felt the pain, bitter anguish, and full of resentment. Moreover his pain is pleasure of the monster. The demon’s life is full of suffering. Then, the monster began to destroy Victor's happiness. According to the monster, he said that Frankenstein! You belong then to my enemy – to him towards whom I have sworn eternal revenge; you shall be my first victim. (p.109) this text reflected, after the monster killed William, revenge is more violent. Victor will be doubly painful and there were many people have to die. Furthermore, he also augmented I gazed on my victim, and my heart swelled with exultation and hellish triumph; clapping my hands, I exclaimed, I too, can create desolation; my enemy is not invulnerable; this death will carry despair to him, and a thousand other miseries shall torment and destroy him. (p.110) This text to demonstrate that when the monster killed the member of family Frankenstein, he felt satisfied and full of contentment. It did not feel that this is not correct because the monster stuck on revenge. The monster hoped that the death of William would create a thousand sufferings to Victor. The demon did not want Victor to be happy in spite of it was left alone. He wanted to destroy the happiness of the creator. He became a devil because of

His essential need for love is further exemplified when he asks Victor to create another monster for him. His need to “demand a creature of another sex” so that he can “indulge in dreams of bliss that cannot be realized” further establishes that monster’s basic human instinct towards love overrides

Victor’s circumstances draw sympathy from the readers as he is faced by dismal events. The story could be interpreted as the battle between the good and the evil, as it shows the protagonist chasing his nemesis. This is a wrong assumption. The story is biased toward the monster and provides unparalleled view toward it. It was Victor who made such decisions that brought the consequences to himself.

The monster simply wants someone he can be happy with, and Victor wants to happy in a world without the monster.

After the murder of Clerval, I returned to Switzerland, heart-broken and overcome” (Shelley, 221). The murders he commits doesn´t cause any joy to the wretch, in fact, it makes him even more sorrowful. A rather simple request is asked by the monster.” I am alone and miserable; man will not associate with me; but one as deformed and horrible as myself would not deny herself to me… You must create a female for me, with whom I can live in the interchange of those sympathies necessary for my being”

Upon Victors return home he encountered this miserable creature whom he had created. The monster told him of the misfortunate events that led to the actions which he would later regret. The monster told Victor “Everywhere I see bliss, from which I alone am irrevocably excluded” he proceeded, “I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend” (pg.69) with this being said he continued with his story. The monsters first encounter was being denied by his own creator. He told victor that if he his own creator hated him he had no hope that other humans who had no ties to him would love him. His many meetings with humans proved this to be correct.