The Role Of The Real Monster In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

In the novel, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the theme is the monster within. In her novel, Mary Shelley introduces the creature and how he is created. She reveals the background and past of both Victor Frankenstein and the monster. As the novel, progresses the question emerges as to who is the real monster. Victor Frankenstein, the oldest son of Alphonse and Caroline Beaufort Frankenstein and husband of Elizabeth Lavenza, was born in Geneva, Switzerland. When Victor was young, his family went on vacation to Italy and there they met a poor family, the family of Elizabeth Lavenza. Elizabeth was one of five kids in her family and they were starving, but according to her parents, she was left in their care by a nobleman who had died. Victor’s family adopted Elizabeth and soon he “became strongly attached” to Elizabeth (Nardo 48). “When Victor was seventeen, the day before he was scheduled to leave for college, his mother died of a severe fever. His mother’s …show more content…
And if you gaze long enough into the abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you (Nietzsche).” Throughout the novel, Victor and the creature, start evolving and changing roles of who is the real monster and who is innocent. As the story progresses, it reveals that the creature feels lonely and abandoned and shows that all he wants is a companion in life that will accept him for who he is physically. However, the creature murdered William, Henry, Elizabeth and Victor and framed Justine. Victor abandoned the creature leaving him not only lonely and “The two characters haunt and hunt each other through the novel, each evoking from us sympathy for their sufferings, revulsion from their cruelties (World Literature Criticism 3219).” In the end, the creature murders Victor and feels regret, because even though him and Victor despised each other, Victor was the only person the creature had a relationship with throughout the