In her interesting yet morally questionable novel – Frankenstein – Mary Shelly employs an appropriate amount of ambiguity in the characters’ thoughts and actions to create a significant connection between the characters of the novel and the readers’ of the novel, which in turn would most plausibly cause the reader to condone the many ethical and social evils that may otherwise cause concern. Therefore, it would be apt to address Victor Frankenstein, the creator of the supposedly evil creature, as the morally ambiguous character in the novel because this characteristic of his can be substantiated by analyzing his immense obsession with natural philosophy, his egotistical personality, and his atrocious treatment of his own creation.
