Villainy In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

The story of Frankenstein showed three sides to the story, Victor's, the creature's, and the truth. The book was mainly based on Victor's perspective where he feels more hatred and antipathy with very little sympathy towards the creature. The author included little scenes with a huge part of the creature's side of the story that made readers feel pity for him. After all the controversial arguments, the is the correct side of the story and that is the truth. I believe that the author wanted the readers to decide whether to feel antipathy or sympathy towards the creature because both Victor and the creature have fault in what they've done. For every "right doing", came either disappointment or anger which always led to someone taking out their

The monster strangles William to death he also takes the picture of his mother from his possession. to explain, he plants it in Justine's pocket while she takes a rest and sleeps in a barn while looking for her brother. Justine is put on trial when the picture is found in her pocket, so she was executed. So, the monster indirectly killed Justine for revenge.” nothing is as painful to the human mind as great and sudden change (shelly 42).” which it relates to his ambition and ability. To continue in frankenstein books explains how the creature just wants to create trouble because he was mad after frankenstein didn't want to create a mate for him. ( If i cannot inspire love, i will cause fear (shelley 42)” means that if he does what he tells him he won't enter their wedding for them if only if he creates the mate he always wanted because he feels alone and lost. The creature then enters the wedding where frank and Elizabeth were getting married. At the time he manage to only kill Elizabeth while frank mange to escape. “the whole series of my life appeared to me as a dream, i sometimes doubt if indeed it were all true (shelly 42)” Frankenstein then tell robert about his story and then goes to hunt

He envied these people most, because they were the perfect beings they did not have his horrific defects. "...from that moment he declared everlasting war against the species, and more than all, against Frankenstein who had had formed him and sent him forth to this insupportable misery" (Shelley 121). This shows that the monster fought against his label as an outcast. The monster killed William, for something William could not have affected. "...you belong then to my enemy-to him towards whom I have sworn eternal revenge; you shall be my first victim" (Shelley 150). The monster not only wished to kill Victor for his creation but to kill everyone associated with his eternal enemy. The monster has been pushed so far that he will not give any humans a chance, the same chance he once wanted. The monster is treating William just the way he was treated, with no remorse.

The monster starts off attempting to save a little girl from drowning but is falsely accused that he is trying to kill her instead so he is shot in the shoulder. This is the first step to the monsters rage and anger. He then goes off and kills Henry, Frankenstein’s best friend, after Frankenstein refuses to make a female monster. He then kills William, Frankenstein's younger brother, which at this point in the story seems to be the time where all innocence is lost and the monster has all of the power and cannot be stopped by anyone. The monster then kills the most important or influential to Frankenstein, Elizabeth his wife who was an orphan and adopted by the family at a young age. Elizabeth and Frankenstein go to a hotel for their honeymoon, the monster breaks into their room and strangles her. “She left me, and I continued some time walking up and down the passages of the house and inspecting every corner that might afford a retreat to my adversary. when suddenly I heard a shrill and dreadful scream.” He is overcome with grief and vows to return to Geneva to make sure his family is

The monster- unattractive appearance; starts with really good intentions that turn bad because of how people react to him; lonely; sad that Frankenstein doesn’t want him; angry that he is the only one of his kind; vengeful (towards the end of the novel);

Frankenstein’s and society’s rejection of the monster, however, drove him to an uneven passionate pursuit for a companion. He forced Frankenstein to create a female monster, and he provided motivation by killing Frankenstein’s loved ones and threatening to kill more of them. The monster recalls in this final scene of Shelley’s novel how his desire drove him to evil. “. . . do you think that I was then dead to agony and remorse?--He . . . suffered not more in the consummation of the deed;--oh! Not the ten-thousandth portion of the anguish that was mine during the lingering detail of its execution. A frightful selfishness hurried me on. . . .” (153) At that point in the novel, the monster has changed from good in nature to evil in nature. His own desires are more important to him than the well-being of others and he is willing to commit murder in order ensure the fulfillment of his desire.

The monster kills William Frankenstein, Justine Moritz, and Henry Clerval before Victor Frankenstein’s darkest emotions are drawn out. With the loss of Henry Clerval, Victor’s closest friend, Victor is finally pushed to the brink of insanity and starts plotting his own revenge. Of course, the monster ends up murdering Elizabeth as well and while that death puts the monster’s quest for revenge at ease, it only intensifies the thirst for revenge that Victor Frankenstein tastes.

Then his creation all suddenly turns on Victor killing everything he is dear too in the name of vengeance. The monster eventually murders three people in cold blood as well as one indirectly. First Williams’s brother who is accidently strangled to death. With the death of William the monster framed the servant Justine by placing a picture of William in her pocket. Justin was then executed for the unjust murder of William. Sadly Elizabeth, Frankenstein’s cousin and new wife on the wedding night. He also kills a good friend of Frankenstein’s Henry Clerval. The deaths of these innocent people were a result of the monsters revenge on Victor. The monster is seeking this revenge on the doctor because he did not want to be brought into this world especially looking like he did. Another key point that this book beings forth is why human beings should not try to play God and artificially create a being in a laboratory. When Victor creates a bride for the monster he decides to kill her before the monster can have a companion. Victor can’t give the monster what he wants not after what the monster did to his family.

After his arrival in Geneva, the monster comes across a boy who reveals that he is related to Victor Frankenstein. He tells the boy “you shall be my first victim” (122), and chokes him till he struggles no longer. As the monster gazes at the lifeless body that lies before him, he claps and shouts in triumph, “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” (122). This statement clearly shows the he is aware of the crime he has committed and expresses no remorse. Unfortunately the boy is not his last

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is very much a commentary on the Enlightenment and its failure to tame the human condition through reason. The human condition can be defined as the unique features which mold a human being. The creature is undoubtedly a victim of this predicament. He grapples with the meaning of life, the search for gratification, the sense of curiosity, the inevitability of isolation, and the awareness of the inescapability of death. These qualities and his ceaseless stalking of his master conjure up the metaphor that he is the shadow of the Enlightenment. Indeed, the Enlightenment is represented through Frankenstein whereas the creature is the embodiment of everything it shuns. These include nature, emotion, and savagery. The two characters are understood as counterparts and yet strikingly similar at the same time. The creature is considered a monster because of his grotesque appearance. Frankenstein on the other hand is a monster of another kind: his ambition, secrecy, and selfishness alienate him from human society. He is eventually consumed by an obsessive hatred of his creation. Both characters also commit primordial crimes. Although rationality pervades through Frankenstein's endeavours, it can be argued that he becomes less human the more he tries to be God. The secret of life lies beyond an accepted boundary from which none can return. By creating life Frankenstein ironically sets the stage for his own destruction as well as that of his family. The

When Frankenstein created the monster, he was caring about the looks of the monster. Frankenstein was only caring about bring life into something that had no life. What really drives Frankenstein to do anything is his pursuit for more knowledge. That is all the drives Frankenstein is his thirst for intelligence. This drive leads Frankenstein to the creation of the monster, but he never would have thought that one of his creations could be so hideous. When Frankenstein leaves the monster in discussed, that is when he betrayed the monster. This betrayal leads the monster to seek revenge on Frankenstein or his family later in the story. When the monster confronts Frankenstein later in the story, the monster makes him a deal. The deal is that Frankenstein must make another monster, a female monster, as ugly as the first monster so he can not feel lonely anymore. Frankenstein starts the creation of the second monster but stops in fear of more danger he will cause to his family. This decision just digs Frankenstein deeper into a hole that he was already in. Frankenstein is scared of what he has created and thought he could get out of it, but he could not be more wrong. This just causes death in his family, his whole family, everyone that he loved has died. All of this death can be traced back to the creation of the monster. Had Frankenstein not been so driven for knowledge, his family would be alive and so would

Few days later Frankenstein's younger brother is found dead. Frankenstein knows right away that properly the monster has murder his brother. So he goes to look for him. When he finds him, he noticed that the monster is now able to talk. The creature tells him that he learned to talk when he watched one family, but when he comes closer to the family and want to be their friend they chase him away. And so does everybody. He feels so lonesome and alone, that he wants Frankenstein to create a girlfriend for him so he is no lonely anymore. As a result he may have then somebody to talk to. In return the monster would turn his back to the human race. Consequently Frankenstein creates a female mate for the monster, but when he is almost through the work he is suddenly overwhelmed with fear that the monster and his mate will spawn more monsters and destroy the human race. So he destroys the female. Thereupon the creature murders Frankenstein's fiancée.

Frankenstein feels obligated to rid the world of his creation because, “when [he] reflected on [the monster’s] crimes, [Frankenstein’s] hatred and revenge burst all bounds of moderation” (87). Unfortunately, Frankenstein has created a problem that he cannot fix because the monster’s strength makes it a challenge to kill. Despite his “hatred and revenge,” Frankenstein can only hope to rid the world of the monster. The monster considers Frankenstein his enemy because Frankenstein doomed him to be a social pariah because of his appearance. The monster reveals this enmity when he kills William for “[William belongs] to [the monster’s] enemy, [so William] shall be [the monster’s] first victim” (144). Society will not accept the monster, so the monster takes out his unhappiness by attacking Frankenstein by proxy of William. Despite Frankenstein’s desire to create a “perfect” being, he creates a monster. The monster immediately becomes a social outcast, leading to Frankenstein, as a creator, forever feeling responsible for the monster’s crimes. Both the monster and Frankenstein have problems that cannot be remedied. Frankenstein created the monster, feels immense hatred toward it, and tries to destroy it. The monster’s appearance makes him equivalent to a leper in the society that does not want him. Thus, it seems fitting that the monster takes his anger out on both society and on his creator,

Frankenstein stands as a victim, along with the very people he treasures most, to his own deeds. Victor noted, "For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart" (42). The fruit of his experimentation, his monster, murders many of those close to the scientist. He loses his long time friend, Henry Clerval, as well as his wife, Elizabeth, to his creation. His younger brother William and his beloved servant Justine were also brought to their sad ends at the hands of the creation. The monster brings fear and suffering to all those he meets, if not by cold blooded murder, then by the sheer horror of his corpselike appearance. Though not

When Frankenstein’s Monster was first made around 6 a.m., he gave Victor a big scared. After giving him a big scared, the Monster left the study room and went to the courtyard. After a while of roaming around, he left the courtyard. The Monster soon wandered off. Victor falls ill after creating the Monster and his good friend Henry took care of him. After months passes Henry gave a letter to Victor that was from Elizabeth. Couple days later another letter came, but it was from Victor father Mr. Frankenstein this time. In the letter, Mr. Frankenstein said that William was murdered. Probably in the back of Victor mind, he might have thought that his creation killed William. After traveling back to Geneva to be with his sad family. Victor only thought about the Monster a few times.