A monster is something that deviates from what is normal and doesn’t relate to human emotions in the same way that most people can. Monsters are egocentric, callous, superfluous, and their actions are destructive. Often what makes someone a monster isn’t just what they have done directly to others but it is their careless and reckless actions that cause those around them to suffer. Most monsters are so self-absorbed by their own agenda and desires that they don’t consider the consequences of their actions. Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelly’s novel Frankenstein can be viewed as a monster.
Most humans care for their young even if their baby has “a face that only a mother can love”, they don’t abandon them as Victor does with his creation. …show more content…
In speaking of the creature Victor says, “I beheld the wretch – the miserable monster whom I had created” (Shelly 59). Why would someone who desperately wants a companion, and then creates this companion, now say such cruel words? Victor should be thrilled that he now has a companion, someone who could love him, but instead his words indicate that he despises his very own creation. A verbally abusive parent is a monster and that is just what Victor is, an abusive parent. While at first the reader may perceive the creature to be a monster because of his appearance and actions it is really Victor who is more of a monster. The creature wants to be loved and commits actions that he knows are wrong in the hopes of gaining Victor’s attention. The creature’s actions are criminal but it is understandable why he commits the …show more content…
When the creature makes the threat, “I will be with you on your wedding-night,” Victor immediately believes that he will be the one killed by the creature. Although the reader can infer that his wife, Elizabeth, is the creature’s target, it never occurs to Victor that his innocent wife would be the victim (Shelly 173). Victor is so vain he always believes that everything revolves around him. He delays his own wedding because he wants to stall the creature and therefore prevent his death “for poor Elizabeth’s sake.” A sensible person would have told the authorities or even his family members so that they could try to prevent being victims of a crime. However, Victor incredibly tells no one about the creature. Victor may have thought that no one would believe him but why wouldn’t they? There are witnesses of the creature and his strength
Most humans care for their young even if their baby has “a face that only a mother can love”, they don’t abandon them as Victor does with his creation. …show more content…
In speaking of the creature Victor says, “I beheld the wretch – the miserable monster whom I had created” (Shelly 59). Why would someone who desperately wants a companion, and then creates this companion, now say such cruel words? Victor should be thrilled that he now has a companion, someone who could love him, but instead his words indicate that he despises his very own creation. A verbally abusive parent is a monster and that is just what Victor is, an abusive parent. While at first the reader may perceive the creature to be a monster because of his appearance and actions it is really Victor who is more of a monster. The creature wants to be loved and commits actions that he knows are wrong in the hopes of gaining Victor’s attention. The creature’s actions are criminal but it is understandable why he commits the …show more content…
When the creature makes the threat, “I will be with you on your wedding-night,” Victor immediately believes that he will be the one killed by the creature. Although the reader can infer that his wife, Elizabeth, is the creature’s target, it never occurs to Victor that his innocent wife would be the victim (Shelly 173). Victor is so vain he always believes that everything revolves around him. He delays his own wedding because he wants to stall the creature and therefore prevent his death “for poor Elizabeth’s sake.” A sensible person would have told the authorities or even his family members so that they could try to prevent being victims of a crime. However, Victor incredibly tells no one about the creature. Victor may have thought that no one would believe him but why wouldn’t they? There are witnesses of the creature and his strength