In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, a parent-child relationship is present in the differences between Victor and his monster what he created. The horrid yet sympathetic Creature, was created by Victor, cast out to fend for himself in a world where he did not fit in, and with no family or friends to accompany him, he scared away everyone who he came into contact with because of his hideous appearance. And Victor, the creatures much more hostile and apathetic creator, had a very fortunate childhood and was born into a wealthy family who gave him almost anything and was accepted among society without question.
Throughout the novel you can recognize the father-son like relationship between victor and his creature. As many people know, the relationship …show more content…
Victor, for example, was raised in a household with a loving, wealthy family, and was sent to a prestigious university where opportunities presented themselves before him. It was also the place where he decided he was going to prove the professor wrong and create the monster which will soon haunt him until his death. His family raised him well, supported his decisions, and also grew up with both parents to lead him and guide him. Being an unusually smart person, he was gladly accepted by his peers and adults, except the professor, who accused his studies of being outdated. The monster he created however, was created out of corpses, so he was inevitably going to be awfully ugly, because there’s really no way to make something out of dead corpses and expect it to look normal. He was then abandoned by Victor with his hideous appearance, to run wild in the world without anyone to teach him social norms or anything you need to survive in the wild, not that knowing social norms will help anyway because of his looks. He learned the language and social skills from watching other people’s interactions, despite being on his own. Just like in today’s society, a child abandoned and left to fend for itself will not have much knowledge of the world, nor will they know much about the society they live in, and will most likely resort to violence when unnecessary. If, however, the child, or creature in this case, had not been abandoned, will have more understanding of the world it lives in and will not resort to violence when it is not
Throughout the novel you can recognize the father-son like relationship between victor and his creature. As many people know, the relationship …show more content…
Victor, for example, was raised in a household with a loving, wealthy family, and was sent to a prestigious university where opportunities presented themselves before him. It was also the place where he decided he was going to prove the professor wrong and create the monster which will soon haunt him until his death. His family raised him well, supported his decisions, and also grew up with both parents to lead him and guide him. Being an unusually smart person, he was gladly accepted by his peers and adults, except the professor, who accused his studies of being outdated. The monster he created however, was created out of corpses, so he was inevitably going to be awfully ugly, because there’s really no way to make something out of dead corpses and expect it to look normal. He was then abandoned by Victor with his hideous appearance, to run wild in the world without anyone to teach him social norms or anything you need to survive in the wild, not that knowing social norms will help anyway because of his looks. He learned the language and social skills from watching other people’s interactions, despite being on his own. Just like in today’s society, a child abandoned and left to fend for itself will not have much knowledge of the world, nor will they know much about the society they live in, and will most likely resort to violence when unnecessary. If, however, the child, or creature in this case, had not been abandoned, will have more understanding of the world it lives in and will not resort to violence when it is not