While Victor feels unmitigated hatred for his creation the monster shows that he is not a purely evil being. He assists a group of poor peasants and saves a girl from drowning, but because of his outward appearance he is rewarded only with beatings and disgust. Torn between vengefulness and compassion the monster ends up lonely and tormented by remorse. Even the death of his creator-turned-would-be-destroyer offers only bittersweet relief joy because Victor has caused him so much suffering, sadness because Victor is the only person with whom he has had any sort of…
All through the creatures numerous foreswearing of acknowledgment by society and Victor, Mary Shelly demonstrates that social dismissal modifies the aim of man in a negative way, bringing about vengeful and insolent feelings. The creatures vow of vengeance for not getting a female mate resulted in him seeking in revenge on Victor the night of his wedding. Victor resolves to spend the rest of his life searching and killing the creature. The monster begins its life with an open heart, he is then abandoned and mistreated by Victor and then by the De Lacey family. The creatures’ activities are justifiable: it has been harmed by the unjustifiable dismissal of a mankind that can't see past its own preferences, and thusly needs to hurt the individuals…
Errors are made when someone has too much pride to admit that they made a mistake or that something they did was incorrect or suboptimal. Pride is good in moderation, pride in one’s self and pride in one’s abilities, but Victor’s excessive pride is what leads to his downfall and the death of all of his loved ones. Frankenstein’s hubris and his madness work in tangent with his monster, a thing whose sadness and rage were byproducts of another of Victor’s mistakes, to bring the brilliant man to his knees. He refuses to be content with the world that he has and the achievement he has already made, instead opting to try and create not only a thinking, functioning life, but a life inside of a hulking, horrific frame. His pride keeps him from telling anyone around him, because he cannot bare facing the horrible mistakes he feels he has made, but his unwillingness to share the details of his unnatural experiments leads to nothing but death and ruin, with those the monster kills being left unaware of the constant danger they lived in.…
Victor Frankenstein is the one who faces multiple injustices. Victor would have been seen by a different perspectives if he wouldn’t have been a selfish person. Even though, he did those actions for several reason, it doesn’t justify him from the real interior person he is. Although in the novel may say, he did it to protect him and the rest of the people around him, it was unhuman act to blame someone else for your actions, for example; when Victor blames Justine for his son’s dead which it was the monster that kill the his son when the monster meet with him.…
Humans are very un-accepting of differences in other humans or beings. People tend to be very prejudice against anybody who might look, seem, or act different than them. In the novel Frankenstein, the being created by Victor exceeds horrors beyond anybody’s imagination in his looks. He does not have evil morals or intentions to begin with, but in the end people’s prejudice causes him to become a monster that exceeds the imagination. This being that was created came to be by a human hand.…
In Mary Shelly's “Frankenstein”, the relationship between creator and created is scrutinized and put up to the test as Victor neglects his creation causing his rampage. Yet Victor himself is quite hypocritical when speaking on the malignancy of the monster, as in many cases he himself exemplifies many of the characteristics that the creature posses such as both seek the destruction of the others as well as the damnation layer upon both for the nefarious actions committed. However, they are still quite different in that unlike Victor, the monster directly carried out many malicious attacks and in most cases taking pride in them, in addition to the was each of them assign blame as victor takes self pity in his situation unlike the creature is…
The novel “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley demonstrates certain injustice happening to a character known as the monster/creature. Some may say that Victor Frankenstein is the one actually experiencing injustice because of the tragedies he’s dealing with; however, he brought those tragedies onto himself knowing the consequences. The creature was brought into the world not knowing right from wrong; therefore, the way that he reacts to the injustice he is experiencing is understandable. The monster was created by Victor Frankenstein who ended up rejecting his creation.…
The monster’s mentality is understandably filled with insatiable anger and vengeance toward Victor. The monster anger is shown when he states, “Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live? Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed? I know not; despair had not yet taken possession of me; my feelings were those of rage and revenge” (Shelley 97).…
Victor is indirectly punished by the consequences of his decision. He says, “I had been the author of unalterable evils; and I live in daily fear, lest the monster whom I had created should perpetrate some new wickedness” (Shelley, 95). Victor realizes that he is the true monster because he created the weapon. Victor begins to self-loathe and suffer from the fact that he creates a weapon, that eventually murders his entire family. His punishment is an indirect result of his behavior and it has an emotional impact on him.…
Emily Wang McGoorty Block 3/4 February 17, 2017 Killing with Kindness Villains of harrowing tales of love and destruction, embodiments of hatred and greed, are often the characters chosen to be the destructive end of the protagonist. Yet when a gentle, caring, and selfless mother is illustrated as the source of terrible devastation, it makes readers question their own prejudice. In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley uses the characterization of Caroline Frankenstein in order to establish the essential root of Victor’s ambitious actions, highlighting that the most selfless prove to be the figures that inflict the most damage. Shelley uses indirect characterization to reveal Caroline’s selfless nature, describing the source of Victor’s obsession with life and the beginning his undoing.…
Equality in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein The imbalance of equality are apparent throughout Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein. As we become acquainted with the genesis of Victor Frankenstein’s monster, we too are made aware of the very oppression that the monster experiences soon after. From the disownment he experiences with his very own creator, Frankenstein, to the torturing he endures in the nearby villages, the monster is rudely awakened by the discovery of the prevalent prejudice undue him in the world he was brought into. Although Frankenstein had every intention of creating an almost perfect human, to whom he can be called its god and lord, he himself is guilty of engaging in behaviors of speciesism by affording the creature of his…
(Shelley 129). After asking Victor to create someone like himself, Victor denied his request. The monster tells Victor why he is in pain which led to his act of murder. Reader can see that the monster has no innate to harm anyone. His constant rejection from society and lack of companionship led him to respond violently to other.…
Victor Frankenstein attempts to track and down his creation after it has already explored the world and inflicted harm upon others. Victor pursues his progeny relentlessly due his feelings of guilt and remorse that are driven by ulterior motives. Frankenstein fails to recognize the need for him to accept his monster as a living being not just a destructive monster that he is responsible for. While he blames himself for the deaths the monster causes, Victor can’t comprehend the full extent to which his irresponsible creativity has affected those around…
Prior to that fateful night, Victor led a seemingly normal life with a loving family and an innocent curiosity to science. After the creation of the monster, Frankenstein falls into a deep depression that he does not overcome. The monster’s existence acts as a punishment to Victor for meddling with life and death with science. The Monster becomes an endless interference and threat not only to Frankenstein, but also to the people that he loves: Frankenstein’s younger brother William is murdered at the hands of the Monster in vengeance with the Frankenstein family’s young servant, Justine Mortiz wrongfully accused and then executed for the murder. Victor tormented by the guilt and falls into a deep depression.…
In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein was an aspiring scientist who wanted to play the hand of God and create life. Through Frankenstein's obsession to create life he begins to seclude himself from the world to focus on his work. While he did successfully bring to life the dead, he is horrified by his creation and immediately rejects the creature. Victor lives his life as an outcast because of the monsters acts against him and the people dearest to him. While the Monster comes into the world with a loving heart, he is rejected by all and believes that all humans are terrible, and he seeks revenge on all who hurt him.…