Katie Jacobi
AP English 4th hr
10-4-15
The Fall of “God” With an unshakable belief, a wealth of knowledge, and a desire to conquer death, Victor Frankenstein meddled with the balance of Science and Nature. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein is a scientist who aspired to create a cure for death and conquer immortality. Though he succeeded in his endeavor to bring an inanimate creature to life, Victor finds that his creation strayed far from the anticipated outcome he had imagined. Having been abandoned and relinquished into a heartless world, the creature develops animosity towards his creator. As the creature becomes vengeful towards his creator he destroys Victor’s being by taking the lives of those closest to …show more content…
The overconfidence obtained by Victor created an ignorance towards the possible consequence of the creation of life from mortality. When faced with the reality of his creation, Victor developed an obscene fear toward his creation. Intentionally hiding to obtain a "few moments of forgetfulness" (Shelley 35) Victor left the creature, having just been brought into life, alone in his lab. The abandonment and lack of care Victor had was a product of his overconfidence. Having left the creature to fend for himself in an unfamiliar and unaccepting world, Victor set up the perfect condition for psychological and emotional damage to occur for the creature. Shelley makes a statement about abandonment through Victor. Not having to face his duties as a producer of life, Victor ran in fear of “unalterable evil” (Shelley 62). Having left the creature “a poor, helpless, miserable wretch” (Shelley 71) the fright and desolation overtook the creature. The creature was not “unalterable”, but reacted to the actions of his creator. As the creature recollected his time in seclusion Victor, “for the first time . . . felt what the duties of a creator towards his creature were” (Shelley 70). In this Shelley shows the reader an example of how the “God-like” complex causes avoidance when …show more content…
Through the inconsideration and avoidance Victor held for the outcome of his endeavor, a seemingly “monster-esque” by-product was forged. Victor’s actions scarred the psychological and emotional state of the creation. As he began to obtain further amounts of knowledge, the creature began to develop “feelings of revenge” (Shelley 99). In his desires to see Victor feel the pain he had felt, “[he] did not strive to control [his feelings]; but allow[ed] [himself] to . . . [bend] [his] mind towards injury and death” (Shelley 99). Having experienced the misery of solitude and the anguish of neglect, the damage that Victor bestowed upon his creation ultimately determined his destiny. The domino effect of the complex Victor possessed was a statement by Shelley. As the pain that the creature faced in his desolace built up throughout the novel, and the desires for a companion were denied by his creator, the creature allowed himself to be “borne away by the stream” (Shelley 99) of anger. Shelley’s statement is relevant through the creature's vengeful actions. With his vengeance the creature took the lives of William, Justine, Clerval and Victor's bride Elizabeth. The pain brought upon Victor through the deaths of those closest to him was ultimately the consequence for the abandonment of his creation.
AP English 4th hr
10-4-15
The Fall of “God” With an unshakable belief, a wealth of knowledge, and a desire to conquer death, Victor Frankenstein meddled with the balance of Science and Nature. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein is a scientist who aspired to create a cure for death and conquer immortality. Though he succeeded in his endeavor to bring an inanimate creature to life, Victor finds that his creation strayed far from the anticipated outcome he had imagined. Having been abandoned and relinquished into a heartless world, the creature develops animosity towards his creator. As the creature becomes vengeful towards his creator he destroys Victor’s being by taking the lives of those closest to …show more content…
The overconfidence obtained by Victor created an ignorance towards the possible consequence of the creation of life from mortality. When faced with the reality of his creation, Victor developed an obscene fear toward his creation. Intentionally hiding to obtain a "few moments of forgetfulness" (Shelley 35) Victor left the creature, having just been brought into life, alone in his lab. The abandonment and lack of care Victor had was a product of his overconfidence. Having left the creature to fend for himself in an unfamiliar and unaccepting world, Victor set up the perfect condition for psychological and emotional damage to occur for the creature. Shelley makes a statement about abandonment through Victor. Not having to face his duties as a producer of life, Victor ran in fear of “unalterable evil” (Shelley 62). Having left the creature “a poor, helpless, miserable wretch” (Shelley 71) the fright and desolation overtook the creature. The creature was not “unalterable”, but reacted to the actions of his creator. As the creature recollected his time in seclusion Victor, “for the first time . . . felt what the duties of a creator towards his creature were” (Shelley 70). In this Shelley shows the reader an example of how the “God-like” complex causes avoidance when …show more content…
Through the inconsideration and avoidance Victor held for the outcome of his endeavor, a seemingly “monster-esque” by-product was forged. Victor’s actions scarred the psychological and emotional state of the creation. As he began to obtain further amounts of knowledge, the creature began to develop “feelings of revenge” (Shelley 99). In his desires to see Victor feel the pain he had felt, “[he] did not strive to control [his feelings]; but allow[ed] [himself] to . . . [bend] [his] mind towards injury and death” (Shelley 99). Having experienced the misery of solitude and the anguish of neglect, the damage that Victor bestowed upon his creation ultimately determined his destiny. The domino effect of the complex Victor possessed was a statement by Shelley. As the pain that the creature faced in his desolace built up throughout the novel, and the desires for a companion were denied by his creator, the creature allowed himself to be “borne away by the stream” (Shelley 99) of anger. Shelley’s statement is relevant through the creature's vengeful actions. With his vengeance the creature took the lives of William, Justine, Clerval and Victor's bride Elizabeth. The pain brought upon Victor through the deaths of those closest to him was ultimately the consequence for the abandonment of his creation.