The Destruction Of Moral Order In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

The Destruction of Moral Order in Frankenstein Moral order has been a part of life since medieval times, starting from God to the peasants. Moral order has developed a key system in life creating a balance in the world but there is always others trying to break the moral order chain. In Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein, the moral order chain was broken but later repaired through Victor Frankenstein 's actions. Firstly, Victor Frankenstein breaks the moral order chain by playing the role of God and creating life from the dead. Victor takes the role of God by creating the monster. Only God creates life and it clearly states in the bible, “God created man in the image of himself” (English Standard Version, Gen. 1.27). The bible states that God creates everyone in the image of himself but the monster was created in the image of someone else with pieces of multiple people. Victor created the monster to create his own species. By taking the role of God and creating something for his own intentions, it causes moral disorder. The idea of creating his own species wasn’t decided in one day. Victor had lots of time to think of what the creation of a new species would cause, he shows this when he states, “I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body” (Shelley 43). After working all that time to create his own species, Victor gives up …show more content…
Victor repairs the moral order chain by, telling others about the monster and vowing to hunt down the monster until he dies. If Victor never created the monster he would’ve never needed to repair the moral order chain. The moral order chain will always eventually be repaired to keep a balance of