Is Frankenstein A Hero Or A Villain Essay

Having watched many Frankenstein movies, I started reading this book with a great deal of excitement. I thought I knew the story and I kept waiting for the things that occurred in movies to occur on the pages. I was very surprised to see how different the actual story was in reality. I could see it was much more than a horror story, it was the story of man’s hopes and dreams and how sometimes we should be careful what we desire. As I read, I went back and forth as to who was the hero and who was the villain. Was Frankenstein the hero because he created a life, or a villain because he created a monster? Was the wretch the villain, or was he a hero that was forced by circumstances not of his control to become a villain. The story recounts Frankenstein’s scientific quest to create life and how that life he creates …show more content…
During the Romantic period, the hero was not a god like in the Classical period, but was an individual that had many good attributes, such as intelligence, passion and talent, but was also flawed. Victor was very smart and was able to bring life to an inanimate object, but he did not take accountability for what he created until the monster killed many people. The hero and villain were used to invoke the reader to introspection. The writer also used the theories of Individualism that was a part of this period, her story showed that both Frankenstein and the monster exhibited growth through the circumstances they encountered. The monster learned both how to love when he was in the cottage, and hate when he met people who were repulsed by him. He turned his hatred to Frankenstein and caused him great pain by killing the people Frankenstein loved. So both the creator and the creation were very unhappy and lonely. The monster exhibited the periods love of nature, as in the beginning the beauty of nature inspired him to be a good