Write an Essay on the Relationship Between Frankenstein and the Creature, and Compare/Contrast Their Relationship with That Exhibited Between Two Other Characters in One Other Text.

When the monster is betrayed by Victor the only thing that comforts his hurting is the thought and idea of revenge. The monster goes after Victor's brother, little William. When Victor finds out about his loss, he knows it was the monster which had made him feel devastated about what has occurred. This broke Victor emotionally because the relationship he had with his brother was robust. Victor cared about his brother more than his owned wife Elizabeth. The mindest the monster had was knowledgeably because of the way he knew taking the closest person away from Victor will harm him the most.

Throughout his life, Victor is constantly frightened that the monster will come back for him. It is not until Elizabeth is killed that Victor overcomes his apprehension about the monster. He joins the villagers that are gathered outside and goes up into the mountains to search fearlessly for the monster. Victor goes out by himself and finds the monster. Victor doesn’t seem to be frightened when he confronts the monster, and ultimately is trying to kill him, which is similar to his motives at the end of the novel. Although the fearfulness and the change of motives are similar throughout the novel and the film, there are differences too.

Mary Shelley’s story of internal turmoil, the cruelty of altering the laws of nature, and the consequences of redefining the laws of nature is a harrowing one, known widely by many audiences, yet it is never the nature of the characters that is discussed, only the outcome. Shelley’s deliberate use of different character foils portrays the deeper connections and themes in her 1818 novel, Frankenstein. The creation and presence of Frankenstein’s monster directly foils the character of Victor Frankenstein himself, illustrating overarching themes of self inflicted isolation and internal conflict, exposing the dangers and consequences of complete and total narcissism, and revealing a truth many still refuse to accept: we, as humans, are capable

Victor thought “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”(page). This quote demonstrates that once Victor had concluded his work of creating the monster, he realized that it may have been a huge mistake. He was not satisfied with his creation instead he was filled with terror. In result of his realization, he left the monster to fend for himself and suffer. Victor shows an evil side of himself by abandoning the monster and leaving him to be universally shunned by society. By Victor doing this one evil act, it causes the monster himself to go off and initiate evil acts of his own.

At first, Victor had incredible excitement for his project, “His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful” until it was brought to life, “Now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart. Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room…” (Shelley 47). This rejection is why the Monster was so turned away from Victor, his creator, “ I expected this reception. All men hate the wretched; how, then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things” (Shelley 83). The more Victor pushed the Monster away, the more isolated and unwanted he felt. This could be another reason the Monster compared himself to satan, “Many times I considered Satan as the fitter emblem of my condition for often, like him, when I viewed the bliss of my protectors, the bitter gall of envy rose within me”, because internalized homophobia often exhibits itself as jealousy towards “normal” (heterosexual) relationships (Shelley 111). Victor pushed away what he thought was his own “perfect man” and desires, but that just twisted itself into a painful personification that harmed more than help. The Monster was a highly intelligent being, and at first he killed randomly. However, after meeting with Victor and beginning their toxic communications, the Monster killed to send a message. This began when he killed Henry and let Victor stumble onto the murder in the worst way, as a suspect. It’s after he kills Henry that the Monster tell Victor that they will see each other on Victor’s wedding night.. The Monster doesn’t want to see Elizabeth, and this could have been his message to Henry, that he still existed, even after a “normal” wedding to a lady his parents had set aside for

Due to Victor’s failure to take responsibility of the monster and take care of him despite his needs, the monster fails to acquire the basic virtue of hope. The monster develops a sense of mistrust and fear with no confidence with the world around him. The monster may develop anxiety and heightened insecurities.

The monster knows his master and knows that Victor wishes he hadn’t created him and this makes the monster feel terrible about himself. He also knows that Victor feels like he played a hand in every person that his creation murders and the Monster learns to use this to his advantage. He does what he know will hurt his master the most, be kills Victor's friends one by one. This twists Victor and sours his very being. It turns him into a completely different person and killing his creation becomes his goal in life. He went from an energetic and curious young scientists to a old, licentious man bent on killing. The monster felt that he was getting back at his master but probably didn’t fully understand what he was doing by killing. He never had anyone teach him how twisted and evil taking a life is and as a result it was relatively easy for him to nullify a human being. Society had shunning him because of his horrific appearance from the first time they saw him and never looked back. He stands at an intimidating eight feet and is crafted of mangled human corpses, not exactly a common looking being. While he might at looked strange or scary, he had the mind of a very young child what needed guidance. Because of Victor’s guilt, he never gave the monster the teaching that it really needed. This feeds into the cycle and really makes the problem that ends up killing several people and twisting Victor into someone no reasonable person would strive to

This leads to Victor being secluded and not allowing anyone else into his life and remaining alone. In contrast with Victor’s effect of isolation the monster had undergo a different result from the effects of isolation. After trying countless times to get excepted into society the monster’s alienation led to stray on an evil path. The monster is the victim of injustice when he goes to help a little girl from drowning and is shot by her father as he presumed the monster to be a villain. After being shot the monster says: “My daily vows rose for revenge-a deep and deadly revenge, such as would alone compensate for the outrages and anguish I had endured” (146).

Victor, after being convinced to create a female companion for the monster, realizes that this will only create double the amount of destruction, he then makes the choice to discontinue his project to prevent more devastation. Instead of less damage resulting from this choice it only brings more harm to his life and everyone around him. First, his good friend Henry Clerval is murdered by the beast and Victor is accused of this murder, “The human frame could no longer support the agonies that I endured, and I was carried out of the room in strong convulsions.” (Shelley 129). This was Victor’s reaction upon seeing Henry’s corpse and demonstrates how deeply his pursuit for knowledge affects him. Even though he is later released on circumstantial evidence, he will be scarred for life knowing that he responsible for yet another death. Given that Victor destroyed the monster’s only hope of having someone else like him in the world; the monster swears revenge and that he will return on Victor’s wedding night. Victor misinterpreted this warning and instead of the monster attacking Victor, his creation attacked and

The lack of an origin causes the monster to exhibit characteristics of Satan. While talking to Victor the Monster states, “Remember that I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel”(81). The monster demonstrates feelings of betrayal and abandonment as he is seen by Victor as a lesser being due to his “fallen angel”(81) status. A continuous reference to Adam demonstrates the Monsters desire to be loved by Victor for being a successful creation. However, the Monster faces reality in that he was abandoned, since Victor was “unable to endure the aspect of the being [he] had created”(44). The Monster’s expulsion from Victor’s life fuels his insecurities as he begins to “considered Satan as the fitter emblem of [his] condition”(110). Victor’s abandonment parallels to the story of Satan as he was cast out of heaven by God, similarly to how the Monster was cast out of Victor’s life. Not only, does the Monster take on the name of Satan, but also a few of the

The monster believed that Victor would accept him, but after he realized that not only did Victor not want to assume his position in the monster’s life, but society also rejected him, it became a transitory thought, and instead became replaced with his bloodthirst towards Victor and his loved ones, which he knew would hurt way worse than just killing him; making him lonely like himself. Both Victor and the monster partook in horrid acts, in which held horrendous actions; the main one being Victor creating the monster in the first place which in result caused the both of them heartbreak, loneliness, and pain. If Victor wouldn’t have created the monster, then his life would not be filled with so much grief and emptiness; Victor is the true monster, although they are both the primal protagonists as much as they are the antagonists because of the display of the emotions they both portray as lamenting humans/monsters, and the power they give to nature in order to destroy one another. Victor used nature to his advantage, although it was wrong; Victor used nature to create and destroy the monster; he used the

The monster is often seen as the true villain due his murderous actions and horrifying appearance. The monster, however, only took those actions due to the fact that he was outcasted by society and Victor left him alone to fend for himself. The monster had to educate himself by watching others live their day to day lives. Victor shows no compassion for his creation. Victor leaves behind his loving family and wife to be, to go play God and create a monster that will one day kill everyone he knows and loves. He lives the rest of his life in anger as he chases after the monster only to die of exhaustion. In the end, Victor paid for his devilish actions. Leaving the victim, the monster, to a lonely

One characteristic shared between the two situations is the lack of agreement present in both, highlighted by unfulfilled duties owed between the parties in each. Due to Victor’s status as the creator, he feels as if he is bound by a certain duty to feel responsible for the actions of the monster, which is evident through his reference to Justine and William as “hapless victims to [his] unhallowed arts,” (Shelley 100). To switch perspectives, the monster, as the creation, feels as if Victor is bound by a duty to keep him content, and stop his misery by providing a “female for [him] with whom [he] can live in the interchange of those sympathies necessary for [his] being,” or to put it more simply, a companion (Shelley 174). Despite a difference in the perceived duty, it is clear that both feel as if something is owed by the creator to either the creation itself, or to society as an apology. This relates directly to the a government's duty to its citizens, or a business’ duty to their workers.

The monster feels like victor treats him as the fallen angel, when he only wants to be loved the way God so loved the world. When the monster learns about the social constructs of human interaction like love and sympathy he makes it his mission to find love. The more he yearned for it, the more he believed he isn’t worthy

     The monster is created towards the beginning of the story as a middle-aged creature. He may be characterized as manipulating, and intelligent, and from kind by nature to malevolent. He is a round character, is described as being eight feet tall, and simply hideous. The monster kills Victor?s younger brother, friends, and lover, and does not stop until Victor himself is ruined and killed. He may easily be considered Victor?s downfall. The monster is never named, so he is referred to as his description, a monster or a daemon. He wants, more than anything, a companion. The monster tells Victor, ?You are my creator, but I am your master? (116) after his heart turns cold from lack of love.