In Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein she focuses on helping give the characters complex and developing personality traits. This is often expressed in the way the characters express their views about the world around them. She accomplished her goal by giving one of the most complex personalities to the monster itself. The monster starts out rather simpleminded however throughout the entire novel he develops to be a more educated and classy being. Nevertheless the monster is not ever truly happy throughout the entire story the monster is tormented by his feelings. His whole life the monster is in a battle sometimes with his creator, the people in the cities, or most of the time he fights a battle with himself. From the moment of his creation the
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The conflict arises to be one of the main points of the story and it is that of Victor Frankenstein. From the moment of the creatures animation Victor had a deep regret for what he had done. With the monster being both his greatest creation and a threat for society, Victor struggled with what he should do with it. At first Victor chose not to kill the monster however the creature choose to exact revenge upon his creator first. After Victor came to the realization that the monster had not only been responsible for the death of one but two innocent lives he made the decision to pursue the beast. This would have had to be one of the toughest decisions for a man to make. However in the in Victor 's hatred outweighed the pride he had in his work. His hatred for the monster 's actions was immense he shows this when he says “ when I reflected on his crimes and malice my hatred and revenge burst all bounds of moderation. I would have made a pilgrimage to the highest peak of the Andes, could I when there have precipitated him to their base”. Victor felt an obligation to protect society from the thing he had created no matter the cost. This obligation went far beyond a desire to just stop the monster from murdering. The monster would have settled down if he had received his bride. However Victor realized the danger of having a mate for the monster. He realized that if the monster
The conflict arises to be one of the main points of the story and it is that of Victor Frankenstein. From the moment of the creatures animation Victor had a deep regret for what he had done. With the monster being both his greatest creation and a threat for society, Victor struggled with what he should do with it. At first Victor chose not to kill the monster however the creature choose to exact revenge upon his creator first. After Victor came to the realization that the monster had not only been responsible for the death of one but two innocent lives he made the decision to pursue the beast. This would have had to be one of the toughest decisions for a man to make. However in the in Victor 's hatred outweighed the pride he had in his work. His hatred for the monster 's actions was immense he shows this when he says “ when I reflected on his crimes and malice my hatred and revenge burst all bounds of moderation. I would have made a pilgrimage to the highest peak of the Andes, could I when there have precipitated him to their base”. Victor felt an obligation to protect society from the thing he had created no matter the cost. This obligation went far beyond a desire to just stop the monster from murdering. The monster would have settled down if he had received his bride. However Victor realized the danger of having a mate for the monster. He realized that if the monster