Who Is Victor's Responsibility In Frankenstein

Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein is one of the most popular literary works of the 19th century. It is also one of the most complex, being stuffed with multiple themes. Revenge is perhaps one of the, if not the most important theme used in the book, contributing significantly to behavior, motivation, and plot in the story.

Victor Frankenstein’s silence was responsible for the death of William, as well as the execution of Justine, the girl who was pinned for the murder that the monster committed. These deaths could have been easily prevented if Victor had taken authority and owned up to his horrendous mistake that went rampant. Initially, he should have not lost sight of the beast and fled from his apartment. This careless act left the monster with a sense of abandonment, which deeply affected it, thus causing it to lash out at innocent people. Victor could have also prevented Justine’s killing by stating that he witnessed the monster roaming the outskirts of town, and letting go of the possibility that he could be charged.

Overall, most of Victor’s grievances and difficulties stem from him being unable to recognize that he is the root cause of them and he must be the one to stop them. Throughout the course of this tale many of Victor’s friends, relatives, and loved ones perish either at the hands of the monster or, in one case, due to the monster framing them. Here we can see the second part of the Prometheus legend shining through, because of his insolence Victor was punished for the rest of his days, knowing that the blood of all of his loved ones was on his hands (My Hideous Progeny). Although these deaths can be attributed to the monster, they are still a result of Victor’s selfish and narcissistic actions of trying to play God. Although he begins to recognize that he is at fault, he still does nothing to rectify this, and more people die. When William, Victor’s younger brother, is murdered, Justine is blamed for his death. Although the evidence is circumstantial at best, and victor could have taken responsibility for his creation and told everyone, preventing the death of

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

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.

In the novel, “Frankenstein”, by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein demonstrates unethical behaviour many times during the major moments in the book. Frankenstein‘s poor decisions include leaving loved ones to pursue education and making a creature, his method of dealing with the creature, and his method of dealing with the deaths of his friends and family. Victor Frankenstein’s moral and ethical misjudgements spark the tragedies in the novel.

In the book Frankenstein, young Victor had everything he could want for a family, two loving parents, siblings to keep him company, and even an adopted cousin Elizabeth. Yet, he still began to isolate himself from them with his study of outdated natural philosophy and alchemy. A few years later, Victor leaves for Ingolstadt, a college in Germany. This further separated Victor from his family, and also from society. After arriving at Ingolstadt, Victor’s professors tell him that he has wasted his time with this nonsense. After this, Victor begins his studies anew, and all the while he has a side project, one so horrible and outlandish that he never speaks of it. This ambition eventually leads Victor to his ultimate demise.

A common theme found in Marry Shelley’s Frankenstein is the effects revenge has on other people. For the monster himself tries to seek revenge

Often times one may aspire to do something driven by emotion but is halted by his knowledge of his moral duties. This creates the conflict of making a decision based on passion or based on responsibility. This conflict of passion versus responsibility is explored in Mary Shelley’s gothic novel, Frankenstein. Shelley uses the character of Victor Frankenstein to convey her message and to highlight this conflict in multiple cases throughout the novel. Victor’s internal struggle between what he desires to do and what he should do causes him suffering, pain, guilt and death.

In Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, scientist Victor Frankenstein gives in to his desires to pursue further knowledge, which ultimately leads to his creation of the Creature, an assembly of mutilate human body parts. Terrified by the Creature’s deformed looks, Frankenstein’s immediate response is to abandon him. The abandonment causes the Creature to feel a lack of love and affection from his creator, eventually motivating him to seek revenge. Through the use of characterization, Shelley ultimately argues how Victor and the Creature’s pursuit of revenge ultimately causes destruction to their morals that is beyond their control.

People spend their life working towards a certain goal. Depending on the goal, the person may devote their entire time to this goal or take breaks throughout to experience life. A person shouldn’t devote their entire life working towards a certain goal if the goal is harming people in their life. It depends on the person but if they succeed towards their goal, who will they share their happiness with. Victor Frankenstein has been interested in science since he was a young child.

Victor's accomplishments respond directly to acting on an impulse and not understanding the consequences. Victor was unaware of the back lash creating a monster would have on his family, friends, mental and physical health. The monster wonders why Victor chose to create such an atrocious life form and he resents Victor because of his repugnant physicallities and imperfections. The monster seeks revenge which leads to the death of Victor's brother William and the trial and execution of Justine Moritz. Victor learns the truth behind the loss of two loved ones but is unable to confess his

Victor applies his knowledge in the context of a competition instead of a collective effort. As society and Victor stand in fear of the creation, the creature lashes out at Frankenstein for formulating his unethical

“Victor, the main character through which we are told a story of his past, is hungry for uncovering the unknown intricacies of human life. Creating was his goal; however, it became a decision that destroyed his humanity in the process.”Discuss.

Taking the lives of innocent people is a cruel act usually associated with hate and revenge. It is also loathed by society. However, in Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein, she gets readers to sympathize with crimeful characters. In this case, specifically, the creature and his irresponsible creator, Victor Frankenstein. Shelley uses convincing words to portray the message that the creature is guiltless. Even as the creature slaughters Victor’s family members readers continues to show compassion towards him. Many questions arise when considering Victor Frankenstein and the creature’s behavior. Why is it that even a murderer can be seen as innocent ? How does that person's environment affect their actions and decisions? Also, how much responsibility does a creator have for what he creates? Although, the creature is referred to as a “beast”. It can be easily proved that the creator of the creature , Victor Frankenstein, is the true cause of the creatures moral corruptness and raged actions. Victor's actions and decisions introduce the thematic topic “responsibility”, leading to the purpose of the novel.