The Role Of Victor The Monster In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Frankenstein created a monster, but Victor's incompetence turned him into a great monstrosity. When Victor was full of curiosity, youthfulness and vitality, he did not comprehend the burden of responsibilities associated with the making of the creature. His pride as a man made him neglect his responsibilities to Elizabeth which was destroying. By trying to acquire the knowledge to bring back life upon lifeless corpses his pride as a scientist made him enter into a dangerous domain. Victor’s monstrosity was generated because of his pride and vengeance. However, Victor’s ruin started not when he created the monster, but when he did not take responsibilities for his actions.

Victor Frankenstein, a man obsessed with scientific oddities since his youth, finds a way to reanimate the dead. In the hope of creating “a new species [who] would bless me as their creator,” (33) he designs what he hopes to be the creation of a man-made human being. However, his attempt produces merely a living being, a being which Victor grows to despise and fear, despite his initial claims that “darkness had no effect upon [his] fancy” (31). However when faced with his creation later within the novel he describes his experiment as a catastrophe when he “saw the dull yellow eyes of the creature open” (Shelley 35). In an attempt to be accepted by Victor, the creature journeys into the village to learn the ways of the humans. However

In her fear-provoking novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley explores the consequences of fervently pursuing a desire for knowledge. She reveals the dangers of acquiring knowledge through her character, Victor Frankenstein, who becomes so consumed with discovering the origin of life that he eventually endows life upon a creature built from lifeless matter. However, Victor neglects his duties as a creator by abandoning his creation, as he is immediately disgusted by the creature’s appearance. On his own, the creature is constantly rejected by society due to his appearance, and ultimately, he vows revenge on his creator. The creature fulfills this task by murdering most of Victor’s loved ones, including his closest friend, Henry Clerval, and his own

Mary Shelley, in her book Frankenstein, makes several allusions to the fact that Victor Frankenstein is usurping the role of God in bringing his creature to life. The point of the book seems to be that a human who attempts to usurp the role of God will be heavily punished. Victor Frankenstein is severely punished. He loses everyone he loves before perishing himself in the arctic wastes. But did he really "play God" or did he merely unleash his own id and destroy himself?

In Victor Frankenstein’s pursuit to discover “the cause of generation and life”, he creates something that becomes the victim of his self-absorption and irrational manner (Segal). Following some insight on the creation of life, scientist Victor Frankenstein decides to take science into his own hands and create a creature out of human cadavers. It is not until the creature comes to life that Victor ponders the perplexing appearance of the creature that is before him. As Victor looks upon the creature he has created, he wonders “Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence” (Shelley 138). With the recognition that the creature truly looks like a monster, Victor abandons the creature and leaves him to the harsh

They say there are always two sides to every story and one must hear out both sides they begin to judge. In Mary Shelley's novel “Frankenstein”, the main protagonist Victor creates a monster who is shunned by the world and is forced to live in solitude. For this reason the monster believes Victor is obligated to create him a mate as hideous as he is, in order to reduce his loneliness. However in the process of creating the mate, Victor changes his mind and destroys her. Victor was correct in his decision to destroy the female monster as it would likely cause bigger problems down the line.

Well in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein I will tell you how victor and the monster are very similar in a lot of ways first off Victor created the monster not intended to be like Himself but out of nowhere he does not look like him physically but mentally and personality wise they are the same. So in a crazy way, These two characters have been isolated, have been neglected by society and abandoned.

Do you have to take responsibility for your actions? It is an occurring wonder in the novel Frankenstein written by Mary Shelley. Set in 1700’s Europe, Victor Frankenstein is in his laboratory creating a monster who is later set out into the world alone, causing havoc. Throughout the novel, the theme of there will be consequences if you don’t take responsibility for your actions is demonstrated.

In Mary Shelley's book Frankenstein, the actions by Victor had substantial consequences that initially would make one believe that Victor is a monster. Despite that, Victor is not a monster, though he is in no way an innocent man. He did not intend to bring life to a monstrous creature that inflicted harm on many people, yet he still needs to be held responsible. The definition of a monster is a person who has no regard for the well-being of others, one who harms and terrorizes others for their own self-gain. Going off of that definition, the creature is a monster.

Victor, in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, not only created a monster, but also created pain and a vehicle of death. His greatest achievement, Creature, brought chaos and havoc to an unsuspecting world. Victor abandoned the Creature at his “birth”, and left him defenseless in a cruel world alone. Victor also refused to make a girl companion for Creature. Living a life devoid of real emotion and love led to Creature’s life of malicious behaviors.

In Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, the monster has unusual origins because he was created by a doctor who dug up body parts and put them together to create life while humans are birthed and born naturally. The monster’s origins impact the shape of his character quite a bit because of the way he was created. The monster doesn’t look very pleasing to the eye and because of this people aren’t very open to talking to him or even being around him. Despite his looks, the monster wants a friend and to be understood. Victor says, “The beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.

Immediately after creating this creature, Victor has major regrets, he knows he has done a horrible thing and he knows he has made a mistake. He sees that he brought this into the world, all on his own terms, and that he shouldn’t have. Victor feels like he owes it to the monster because he created him and he is the reason the monster is alive and that the monster can do all these things. He also feels obligated because he is the one who didn't nurture this creature and he let his creature run rampant without any sort of parental figure. Victor wasn’t the loving parent to this creature. He neglected him and didn’t treat him right. I feel as though Victor needs to nurture this creature, because in reality all he needs is love, affection and

What does it mean to be a monster? The definition of a monster is an imaginary creature that is typically ugly, tall and frightening. My definition of a monster is something that terrorizes people and has an intent on hurting anything in it’s path. Based off of the movie Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein I do not consider Frankenstein a monster. Frankenstein’s “monster” was not very monster like in the beginning of the film because of his want to be normal

While Creature is full of humanity and has a thirst for knowledge, his longing for acceptance in society is met with constant rejection. Through this rejection, it sparks anger into the Creature for his irresponsible creator, Victor Frankenstein. Creature’s anger leads to greater tragedies for Victor. The greater of the tragedies are the murdering of innocent people including Victor’s family that is seen to be the fault of Creature since he is the one who murdered them. If Victor did not abandon the Creature and had taught him murder was not morally correct, Creature would not have committed the heinous acts.When Creature was first theoretically born, he was introduced into the world in a very harsh way. Metaphorically, Creature starts out into the world as a newborn, needing a parent 's guidance and teachings. Victor abandons him immediately with no sense of direction. Creature, after his “birth”, approaches Victor with a hand of longing for compassion. “He held up the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they maybe called, were fixed on me...He might have spoken, but I did not hear; one hand was stretched out” (Shelley 35). Victor instead of showing acceptance immediately runs away at the sight of him.