The Similarities Between Victor And The Creature In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Have you uncovered Victor’s true character yet? Throughout Frankenstein, surprisingly the reader can distinguish a number of differences, rather than similarities, between him and the creature regarding aspects of regret and murders that took place. These points also reveal that Victor is way more malicious, compared to the monster, because his sins outweigh those of the monster’s. The story commenced with a character named Walton who had come across Victor. Victor was well off and received lavish attention from his parents during his childhood years. With an interest in the science field, he had created a malicious creature. As the story persists, both characters, the creature and Victor, gain an increasing hatred for one another leading to

Being key figures of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein and his monster are in a special relationship with each other. This tie goes far beyond Frankenstein only being the creator of the monster he brings alive. There are numerous similarities and differences of both characters that may or may not lead to the conclusion that Frankenstein has created his own double. One argument for this interpretation, surely, is the genre of Shelley’s novel. As the author’s writings are categorized in the Gothic genre, the doppelganger is one of the common motifs. Therefore, this paper points out striking analogies and discrepancies between Frankenstein and the being he creates, as well as weighing up whether the two characters could be deduced

Victor’s motivation of forming a new life unintentionally tears him apart when it indorses Victor’s solitary and his dream of perfect creation becomes the hideous, grotesque monster. While Frankenstein attends university at Ingolstadt, he became utterly obsessed with finding out what the spawn of life really was. He only focused on science of human animation, which he describes that he “was imbued with high hopes and a lofty ambition.” He loses the sight of any other thing in life that brought him joy, because his was excessively motivated to accomplish his ardent desire of creating the perfect life. He isolates himself by tinkering in his laboratory, yet his motivation lets Victor to relinquish communication with family and friends. Because

In Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, Victor and his creature share many characteristics although they are opposing forces because of their differences. The story starts with Robert Walton recounting his time trapped in impassable ice where he met Victor Frankenstein, who looked very ill. Victor tells Walton about how he grew up in Swiss family and had a joyous childhood with loving parents. When Victor got older, he attended the university of Ingolstadt, where he became fascinated with the secret of life and after many years, he thought he had discovered it. Frankenstein had taken the body parts of old corpse’s and designed a creature, and one night, he brought his creation to life. When he saw the creature he was horrified by the sight of

In the novel Frankenstein, Victor and the Monster had the same correlation throughout the entire book. They were always dealing with the same situations. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, with Victor and the Monster. From nature, family, and living in desolation, they shared an abundance in common.

Victor Frankenstein lies and cheats his way through life. He causes problems and refuses to accept that they are his fault. Victor is clearly the bigger monster than his creature in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. The creature and Victor do have similarities in a good origin story and feeling similar to the story of Lucifer’s creation. They are more different though because of how they feel after doing something wrong and how they feel about themselves and how blame should be placed for the crimes.

However, despite the success with his experiment, after the making of the Creature, Frankenstein instantly loathes his creation and estranges himself from it, and eventually becomes very sickly. Meanwhile, the Creature then begins his narration and tells his story of development from an innocent Creature to the nefarious monster feared by all. As the Creature learns more about the world, he becomes more violent, in the same way that Victor stepped out of bounds with his over ambition when he acquired an unsatiated thirst for knowledge. Throughout the novel there is evidence of a clear motive of revenge and a theme of knowledge and education. Victor and his creature begin on a long and excruciating journey of trying to punish the other for the wrongdoings.

A multitude of evidences show similarities between the Frankenstein’s creature and Mary Shelley’s. These indications show that the novel may be an autobiography. On the other hand, the novel shows a lot of the characteristics of science fiction. The novel cannot be classified as both, a real description and a fiction narrative, at the same time. An informed opinion about this controversy requires the evaluation of redundant critics. Sherry Ginn uses “Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein: Science, Science Fiction, or Autobiography?” to adequate argue that Frankenstein’s creature is a science fiction novel by showing that it is not an autobiography, and by showing that the novel has all the characteristics of a science fiction narrative.

In Frankenstein, written by Mary-Ann Shelley, Shelley portrays Victor as the ultimate monster. Throughout the novel, Shelley tests Victor’s morals and reveals him to be arrogant and selfish. She depicts his immorality through the creation of the creature, his decision to uphold his reputation and sacrifice mankind, and through abandoning his creature.

When Victor encounters many struggles during the creation of the creature, he is compelled on by “hope [that his] present attempts would at least lay the foundations of future success” (Shelley, 1818, p. 39). The idea of glory, that he could become a scientist as well known as Galileo or Newton, drives him to create the creature. Frankenstein also dreams that “a new species would bless [him] as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to [him]. No father could claim the gratitude of his child so completely as [he] should deserve theirs” (Shelley, 1818, p. 40).To Frankenstein, fatherhood is synonymous with becoming a god. He pays no regard to the morals and responsibilities that come with being a parent, instead focusing on the showers of love and praise the creature and others would give

Similarity in a monster and a man Victor creates a monster and soon realizes their differences, which causes him to shun his creation. Although neither the monster nor Victor see it, they are very similar to each other. Victor is going through the process of creating his monster and during this process he is a lot happier during the spring/summer months. “The summer months passed…it was the most beautiful season; never did the fields bestow a more plentiful harvest…my eyes were insensible to the charms of nature.” (Shelly 49).

The main theme within Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein pits Frankenstein against his creature, in an almost seemingly God vs. disciple situation. Shelley’s masterful work reflects the scientific changes during the Enlightenment, a time of tension between God and science Although fictional, the purpose of Shelley’s novel is demonstrated through every page, a continuous build-up of conflict between Frankenstein and his monster as to who truly had the power at hand. In order to do this, Shelley employs a prophetic tone, which she constructs throughout the whole novel, but is most apparent during a conversation between Frankenstein and his teacher, M. Waldman, occurring even before the Victor creates the monster.

Throughout the novel the usage of writing is used to help individuals understand more about human actions and their natures. Such writings have a strong influence with both the Creature and Victor due to their obsession with their goals. While these writings permit both the creature and Victor to obtain their objectives, it also restricts them of other functions. In a sense the writings themselves are like a double edge sword, depending in the individual it can create havoc within the individual.

A novel is a form as the letter leader Robert Walton of an arctic expedition team wrote for his elder sister. While going to the geographic pole, Walton finds the man who weakened and helps him at the Arctic Ocean. He is Victor Frankenstein, and he begins to tell Walton about the experience.

The central conflict of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein centers around the two main characters of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature he creates. Throughout reading the entire novel, the reader may decide to view either Victor or the Creature as more sympathetic based on their environment, decisions, and actions. The crux of the debate usually centers upon whether or not Victor owes more to humans, his own species, or the Creature, essentially his own large child. Victor owes more to the Creature than any human, because his original abandonment and refusal to accept the Creature at any point leaves him as the more guilty party.