The Importance Of Relationships In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein '

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There are several problems that one can discuss about the relationships between family members, friends or even people that aren’t too close to the main characters. In the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the main character called Victor Frankenstein creates a monster that is coherent and kind but later that monster, is going to be reject and betrayed. Victor Frankenstein betrays the monster he created, because from the monster's very first day, he has no companionship, is rejected by civilization and doesn’t have any understanding of the world. There are many ways in which one can say that the monster was betrayed by Victor Frankenstein. He spent huge time building this monster and trying to bring it to life. He didn’t expected that this monster was going to be ugly and scary, Mary Shelly described him in the book as a horrid creature. Furthermore, Victor had a dream that was the dream of beauty but later that dream disappeared when he realizes what type of creature he had created, Not to mention, it’s evident that the monster is rejected and betrayed since the first time he is awake because his own creator is sickened with his appearance. In the next quote Mary Shelley is describing the way this …show more content…
The monster cannot have a normal and social life since he is the only monster created, he cannot experience the situation where he get’s to live with other beings like him. In addition, the monster thinks he needs someone to connect with and that’s why he asks Victor to create a female creature. In the next quote, the monster is describing how lonely and miserable he feels, At that point, his creator, Victor Frankenstein, takes blame on himself because he didn’t though the horrible life he had created and tried to build the second monster but the he realizes that it’s not a good idea.). Is obvious that Victor doesn’t want to help the

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