Essay On Who Is The Real Monster In Frankenstein

Essay Four: Frankenstein: Who is the real monster? In Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein, shows the relationship between Victor Frankenstein (father) and his Creation (son) are dependent on one another. A good parent knows that the child is dependent on them for everything, but if the upbringing of the parent is lacking, a different fate may happen to the child. Shelley argues that the failure of parents to “parent” their children in such a way that would give them the ability to make relationships with other humans, results in the child becoming isolated. When Victor (creator/God) made his “super-human child” (creation/ Adam), he was given the ability to command his creation, but runs away thus isolating his child. The result is Victor 's neglect …show more content…
Victor begins to feel and understand what his creation felt in his isolation as he speaks with Walton, “ 'To you first entering on life... how can you understand what I have felt, and still feel?...I was cursed by some devil, and carried about with me my eternal hell...” (225). The Monster (now master) is rebelling against his Creator (now servant), and nothing will satisfy him until he defeats him as he was defeated by humanity. Yet Victor rebels against this role reversal, “ 'Yet at the idea that the fiend should live and be triumphant, my rage and vengeance returned... overwhelmed every other feeling '” (228). Nothing now but death will satisfy either one, but death is not a victory. Both are miserable creatures, yet the only one who shows remorse is the monster, “ 'You hate me; but your abhorrence cannot equal that with which I regard myself '” (243). The waste of both lives all in the pursuit of revenge leads the monster to state, “ '...he could not sum up the hours and months of misery which I endured, wasting in impotent passions '” (242-243). Dreams of virtue, love, and honor were replaced by selfish pursuits of fame and glory, and