Ginny Choi
Mr. Boggan
Literature 10 P4
7 December, 2016
Character Analysis: Victor Frankenstein
Victor is the main character of this book, Frankenstein. He is from Geneva, and he is the son of Alphonse Frankenstein and Caroline Beaufort. He has an adopted sister Elizabeth Lavenza, who eventually becomes his future wife. His brother is William Frankenstein, and his best friend is Henry Clerval. Since young, he was mostly self-educated. As he gets older, he is fascinated by modern science; he goes to the University of Ingolstadt and desires to learn new knowledge so that he can create a “human”, which ends up becoming a creature.
Victor Frankenstein not only could be considered as the protagonist of the story but also the tragic hero because he has tragic flaws that led to his downfall. Firstly, he is alienated from the society. When he was in …show more content…
In the beginning of the story, Victor was just an innocent and naive boy. Mary Shelly has expressed, "While my companion contemplated with a serious and satisfied spirit the magnificent appearances of things, I delighted in investigating their causes. The world was to me a secret which I desired to divine. Curiosity, earnest research to learn the hidden laws of nature, gladness akin to rapture, as they were unfolded to me, are among the earliest sensations I can remember" (35); this reveal that Victor is getting interested in science. As he gets older, he searches for miracles of the world and becomes obsessed in discovering the secret of giving life. in the end of the story, he becomes mad. "I had resolved in my own mind that to create another like the fiend I had first made would be an act of the basest and most atrocious selfishness, and I banished from my mind every thought that could lead to a different conclusion” (Shelley 259) shows that his actions were culpable, especially when he does not take responsibility for what he have
Mr. Boggan
Literature 10 P4
7 December, 2016
Character Analysis: Victor Frankenstein
Victor is the main character of this book, Frankenstein. He is from Geneva, and he is the son of Alphonse Frankenstein and Caroline Beaufort. He has an adopted sister Elizabeth Lavenza, who eventually becomes his future wife. His brother is William Frankenstein, and his best friend is Henry Clerval. Since young, he was mostly self-educated. As he gets older, he is fascinated by modern science; he goes to the University of Ingolstadt and desires to learn new knowledge so that he can create a “human”, which ends up becoming a creature.
Victor Frankenstein not only could be considered as the protagonist of the story but also the tragic hero because he has tragic flaws that led to his downfall. Firstly, he is alienated from the society. When he was in …show more content…
In the beginning of the story, Victor was just an innocent and naive boy. Mary Shelly has expressed, "While my companion contemplated with a serious and satisfied spirit the magnificent appearances of things, I delighted in investigating their causes. The world was to me a secret which I desired to divine. Curiosity, earnest research to learn the hidden laws of nature, gladness akin to rapture, as they were unfolded to me, are among the earliest sensations I can remember" (35); this reveal that Victor is getting interested in science. As he gets older, he searches for miracles of the world and becomes obsessed in discovering the secret of giving life. in the end of the story, he becomes mad. "I had resolved in my own mind that to create another like the fiend I had first made would be an act of the basest and most atrocious selfishness, and I banished from my mind every thought that could lead to a different conclusion” (Shelley 259) shows that his actions were culpable, especially when he does not take responsibility for what he have