The Role Of Blame In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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When bad things happen what is the cause of it all? Who do blame? There are thing that happen in the world that make us wonder why me? Why not someone else? When an athlete gets hurt they always ask first why this had to happen to me. It’s the question everyone asks when bad things happen in the world. It’s not hard for some to say that it is gods fault for the bad things that happen. Many people don’t believe there is a god due to all the bad things that actually happen to good people. Then there’s others that say that there is a god, but the reason bad things happen is because of man first fall, with Adam and Eve. Whatever someone believes they always put blame on something or someone. Whichever the case is people do have a choice and they …show more content…
This scientist is very irresponsible by letting the monster just roam freely and not containing him like he should be. He did something very extraordinary but not at one point in the novel does he take care of the monster the way he should. The monster is scared and knows nothing of the world he is brought in to and need guidance and Victor doesn’t do that at all. The creator of the monster should have thought of mankind when he just let the monster go and didn’t care about what he did to others. This is a very serious subject when you put other people’s lives in danger just because you didn’t take responsible action toward the monster. M.K. Joseph says, “It thus becomes a parable of the Creator 's responsibility for mankind, and more specifically of the scientist 's power to restructure nature.” Victor Frankenstein as a scientist had the power to reconstruct nature and the way we humans thought of birth. There was not one example of him doing what was right for mankind or the laws of nature. If he would have just kept the monster under control or destroyed it when he had the chance none of this would have happened, even the death of Victor and his loved

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