Victor And Frankenstein Monster Relationship

Parent and child, mentor and pupil, creature and creator. Each of these relationships typically have a stigma that includes nurturing qualities, guidance, and protection. However, not every relationship encompasses these features, and a lack of any of these characteristics can create unanticipated circumstances. Throughout this paper, I am going to use examples from the Moxley reading, the lecture of Dr. Merrill-Willis, and from the text of Frankenstein to exemplify the up-ending of the relationship between creature and creator, and how it leads to unintended consequences. Life is full of contrasts, and an example of these contrasts is shown in the Moxley reading. The Moxley reading compares humans to tapestries, the front side being put …show more content…
Frankenstein leads to unforeseen outcomes, due to the relationship of the pair being up-ended. Frankenstein creates his monster, and when it comes to life, he runs away out of horror. While I do thoroughly understand the concept of being afraid of monsters, Frankenstein’s monster was his own creation, and he chose to abandon it. This begs the question, was Frankenstein’s failure “scientific overreach, or bad parenting?” (Merrill-Willis, 2018). While Dr. Frankenstein is the creator, the monster and Frankenstein do somewhat have a parent and child relationship as well. If a parent were to take one glance at their child, and promptly abandon it, the child would obviously be very upset. The monster is like the child in this case. It does not understand why its creator, or parent, is repulsed by it, and why it is being denied companionship and a proper, nurturing relationship. Dr. Frankenstein up-ends the relationship between him and the monster from the moment the monster came to life, and in turn the monster up-ends the relationship later as well, by taking the life of Dr. Frankenstein’s brother. Both Frankenstein and his monster each had terrible actions that caused the potential for their relationship to vanish