Similarities Between Victor Frankenstein And The Creature

In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelly the main character Victor Frankenstein studies natural sciences and becomes obsessed with the idea of creating life. He continues at his idea and eventually creates a humanoid know through the novel as “the creature.” He abandons this creature and leaves it to fend for itself. Although Victor and his creation are separated for a majority of the novel they have many similarities. Throughout the novel there some of the most notable similarities between the characters Victor Frankenstein and the Creature are they both have a thirst for knowledge and curiosity, deal with isolation and rejection, and play god.
The most prominent similarity between Victor Frankenstein and the creature is their thirst for knowledge and curiosity. While as school Victor dedicates all his time to learning everything he can about natural sciences and chemistry. He becomes hooked on the idea of creating life and describes the process as being “days and nights of incredible labour and fatigue.” The creature shows his thirst for knowledge by examining human’s behaviors and trying to become human by doing so. After Victor abandons the creature , the creature, confused and experiencing the world for the first time, wonders off and eventually finds the delacy family. From the delacy family the creature watches them and gain an understanding of social class. He understands the struggle with poverty the family faces and begins to help them by dropping off firewood at their cottage …show more content…
Victor obsessed over the idea of figuring out the secret of life and spent years experimenting to find it and eventually did. He played god by creating life unnaturally. The creature plays god by taking the lives of William Frankenstein and Elizabeth. This is playing god by deciding who lives and who dies by breaking natural rights that gives everyone a right to