How Is Victor Frankenstein Successful

Be Humble; The Key To Success Having the desire to be powerful is a great trait to contain but when it includes an enormous amount of obsession that may cause a disruption of nature, it turns into a whole different situation. In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the character Victor Frankenstein withheld a great deal of obsession for power and control which was useful to illuminate the main idea of the novel. Sometimes one must humble themselves and play their respective part to society rather than being above all for this offsets equilibrium in society. From an early age, Victor expressed his love for owning others when he was given Elizabeth as a ¨gift¨ from his parents. It was almost as if she was just another toy, a possession rather than a human or addition to the family. Victor felt this way about almost all the other people in his life. He felt as though he needed to have authority over everyone and everything he came in contact with. According to Victor, no one was on the same level of desire to have more power so he decided to create the ¨perfect being¨. Someone who would be almost a clone of himself.
Blinded by his passion, Victor did not realize that he was playing the role of God by trying to create this being. He thought that if he was able to create …show more content…
This served the purpose of a foreshadow for Victor´s tragic downfall since he tried to take over the role of God knowing only God is omnipotent. This example also explains the meaning of the work because Victor´s lack of humbleness distorted his ability to realize the problems he was causing by ¨playing God¨. His obsession caused the death of 6 individuals in the novel, including himself. If he had taken the time to respect that he is only human and not God-like, he and all the others would probably still be