Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein emphasizes on the conflict of man vs. nature, monster vs. nature, and monster vs. nurture throughout the story. Victor Frankenstein, the protagonist of the story accidentally creates a monster that fails to meet the norms of the society. The monster is described hideously ugly and vengeful with the mind of a newborn. Although the monster might be perceived as inhumane in reality he has many human qualities and ambitions. He shows many human like qualities at different stages of the story. Victor should be blamed for dehumanizing the monster because he created it and abandoned him.
Victor Frankenstein’s thoughts as the narrator can be heard, in the quote, “But I was bewildered, perplexed, and unable to arrange my ideas sufficiently to understand the full extent of his proposition” (274). This …show more content…
He sees the monster as emotionless and unthoughtful. The monster’s proposition was, “You must create a female for me, with whom I can live in the interchange of those sympathies necessary for my being, This you alone can do; and I demand it of you as a right which you must not refuse” (274). This quote shows that the monster does having feelings and that he isn't just the "ugly monster" that everybody thinks he is. The quote makes the monster look more human than Victor because he shows qualities such as sympathizing. Victor responds to the monsters plead, “Shall I create another like yourself, whose joint wickedness might desolate the world. Begone! I have answered you; you may torture me, but I will never consent” (275). Victor believes the Monster himself is already too much of a threat to society, and questions why he would ever consider making another. He expresses how strongly he feels about the matter as well, even under torture he would never break and create a second monster. He once again shows his ignorance because he
Victor Frankenstein’s thoughts as the narrator can be heard, in the quote, “But I was bewildered, perplexed, and unable to arrange my ideas sufficiently to understand the full extent of his proposition” (274). This …show more content…
He sees the monster as emotionless and unthoughtful. The monster’s proposition was, “You must create a female for me, with whom I can live in the interchange of those sympathies necessary for my being, This you alone can do; and I demand it of you as a right which you must not refuse” (274). This quote shows that the monster does having feelings and that he isn't just the "ugly monster" that everybody thinks he is. The quote makes the monster look more human than Victor because he shows qualities such as sympathizing. Victor responds to the monsters plead, “Shall I create another like yourself, whose joint wickedness might desolate the world. Begone! I have answered you; you may torture me, but I will never consent” (275). Victor believes the Monster himself is already too much of a threat to society, and questions why he would ever consider making another. He expresses how strongly he feels about the matter as well, even under torture he would never break and create a second monster. He once again shows his ignorance because he