Role Of Abandonment In Frankenstein

Neither Frankenstein nor his monster are particularly admirable. Frankenstein created then abandoned the new life without a second thought, the monster single handedly killed at least three people. However of the two, only one had to learn the lessons of life on his own. After abandonment by his father, the monster wondered on his own for an unspecified time. He had to learn to speak, think, and be kind to others on his own. Doctor Frankenstein’s fascination with life, death and the barrier inbetween led to his creation of his Monster. The monster later brings up Frankenstein's responsibility to his creation. It is no different than a father abandoning his son on the day of his birth. Mere seconds after doing what is seemingly impossible …show more content…
At times he refuses to admit his own faults, at others he truly believes his actions to be wrong and stops himself. After admitting the debt he has towards the monster, Frankenstein decides to make good on the debt and construct a wife for his creation. While working, Victor comes to believe that if he finishes his work on the second monster, the two could breed and swarm the earth. Despite the fact that this is an impossibility, he decides he cannot allow it to come to fruition and destroys the body of the monster’s wife. He believed his actions to be just, but he robbed his Monster of the only true companionship he could ever have. By any accounts, dooming his creation to walk through the remainder of life alone and shunned from society is wrong. Frankenstein's actions were cruel and cold, for this Victor loses all sympathy he may …show more content…
His first murder is understandable, he is new to the world and could not possibly understand his own strength. After abandonment by his creator, the monster wanders the land aimlessly. He stumbles across a family living in the woods. He listens and studies the family to learn to speak and learn about basic moral lessons. Unlike his creator, we see the monster act out of kindness. Despite always having been turned away and feared because of his visage, the monster provides the family with firewood. He did this because even before learning basic speech he understood that doing some kindness would help the family. Indeed, because he did not have to go into the woods that day to gather firewood the young man “spent