The monster even looks up to Victor as his creator or leader, for advice on the world and his new life. Although Victor Frankenstein is the creator of one of the most influential advances in science, he does not want to take full responsibility. It seems as though Victor considers that he might have some responsibility for his actions towards the end when he decides to destroy the monster. "Had I right, for my own benefit, to inflict this curse upon everlasting generations," he states, questioning his creation and the effect it may have on future generations. "I had before been moved by the sophisms of the being I had created; I had been struck senseless by his fiendish threats; but now, for the first time, the wickedness of my promise burst upon me; I shuddered to think that future ages might curse me as their pest, whose selfishness had not hesitated to buy its own peace at the price, perhaps, of the existence of the whole human race (Shelley, 20.1)." Victor may seem as though he is contemplating if he was actually wrong to create this monster, but it is the way he says that "people will be mad at him" that makes him still conceded. Towards the end he may be questioning all of his mistakes and actions but he isn't quite taking responsibility for what he has
The monster even looks up to Victor as his creator or leader, for advice on the world and his new life. Although Victor Frankenstein is the creator of one of the most influential advances in science, he does not want to take full responsibility. It seems as though Victor considers that he might have some responsibility for his actions towards the end when he decides to destroy the monster. "Had I right, for my own benefit, to inflict this curse upon everlasting generations," he states, questioning his creation and the effect it may have on future generations. "I had before been moved by the sophisms of the being I had created; I had been struck senseless by his fiendish threats; but now, for the first time, the wickedness of my promise burst upon me; I shuddered to think that future ages might curse me as their pest, whose selfishness had not hesitated to buy its own peace at the price, perhaps, of the existence of the whole human race (Shelley, 20.1)." Victor may seem as though he is contemplating if he was actually wrong to create this monster, but it is the way he says that "people will be mad at him" that makes him still conceded. Towards the end he may be questioning all of his mistakes and actions but he isn't quite taking responsibility for what he has