Is Victor Frankenstein Selfish

Throughout the novel of Frankenstein, there is a noticeable pattern between Victor and his creation. Both Victor and his creation are pursuing something very important to them. Though they are pursuing certain goals it is hard to see what is driving them. Their drive can be narrowed down to the pursuit of a life purpose or complete and utter selfishness. Based on the text, I’ve found that they are driven by both a combination of purpose and selfishness. Both Victor and his creation pursuing a life purpose, but this pursuit of life purpose leads to selfishness and ultimately death. From beginning to end, Victor is constantly chasing something whether it be a dream, a hope, or his own creation. In the beginning, Victor is pursuing his purpose in life. He goes to the University of Ingolstadt to find his life’s purpose. At Ingolstadt, Victor believes that he has found his …show more content…
Neither of them truly succeeded in completing this task because they ended up spending the rest of their lives trying to seek revenge on one another. Their actions that originally started as a drive for purpose ended up killing or hurting many people because those actions turned into selfish actions. I think the reason behind both Victor and his Creation’s actions turning selfish is because they both failed to realize what they already had. Victor, in one hand, had a wonderful family and beautiful soon to be wife that he had grown up with. There was no need for him to go off chasing a dream to find purpose when all he had to do was look around right in his own home. The creation, on the other hand, was not as fortunate as Victor, but could have still lived a happy and full life in nature if hadn’t been so full of anger and revenge. So, Victor and his creations actions were fueled by not seeing what they already had which led them to find purpose. This so called drive for purpose then drove them to