Importance Of Responsibility In Frankenstein

Responsibility is something most are taught at an early age. It is the mentality to make a decision and take the consequences for acting upon the decision. As seen as a major theme in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, man’s failure to accept responsibility can lead to disaster. The novel follows the main character and ambitious inventor Victor Frankenstein 's triumph as he tries to fulfil his efforts in finding a way to reanimate a dead body. After his creation is successful, Victor is faced with the consequences from not taking responsibility over the destructive creature. Victor realizes how grotesque his creation is and cannot mentally endure the responsibility over this cretue. When the creature realizes how he came to be and notices …show more content…
The catalyst to the creature burning down the DeLacy’s cottage was created by Victor’s initial failure to accept responsibility over the creature and failure to take on the role of the creature’s fraternal figure. In her critical essay “Abandonment and Lack of Proper Nature Shape the Monster’s Nature”, Anne K. Mellor says, “…that a human deprived of companionship, of nurturing, mothering, is driven beyond the pale of humanity” (Mellor 72). The lack of responsibility and abandonment towards a child is setting in Victor’s case, the creature to become destructive in the future. By not taking care of the creature he brought to life, Victor is just contributing to the creature’s path of …show more content…
In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the catalyst to the creature’s violence and despair towards society is due to Victor’s abandonment exemplifying the idea that man’s failure to accept responsibility leads to disaster. In order to act responsibly, one must accept the burden of obligation from the results that their actions have caused. When one doesn’t come to terms with responsibility, it ends up making matters worse and could lead to violence and despair towards