Victor Frankenstein Relationship

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Victor Frankenstein is a good and kind man, well-educated, sensitive, and a very loving. At the same time he is slightly crazy, he lets his creative mind get the best of him and decides to work his brain to the biggest test, by creating a monster. Victor assembles the monster out of old body parts, and strange chemicals than activated by a mysterious spark. He is extremely strong and averages 8ft tall. Throughout the book as a reader you realize all the similarities between the two, their respective relationships with nature, desires for love and family, and other parallels. In addition throughout the whole book you notice how the Monster and Victor become more and more similar, and there relationship develops unbelievably.
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He is the reason for creating the monster, but who would believe him? The town would think he was insane and put the man behind bars. Furthermore, both monster and victor in a way play as God, Victor creates life, while the monster takes it away. The monster declares his anger, mainly toward Victor. Concluded the evil that was brought about by people, the monster begins pestering Victor and Victor’s family with sadness. Victor’s brother William is murdered. Justine, a servant of Victor’s family is accused of the crime even though she is innocent. The monster’s crimes against Victor cause Victor to hate the monster even more. Victor and the monster hate each other. Victor’s hatred is caused by the monster’s hatred toward Victor, and the monster’s hatred is caused by society’s evil attitude toward the monster. Victor’s and the monster’s hatred for each other is added evidence that they are comparable. The creature is a new life form, his existence is intimidating to humans. He is unknown, and therefore supposed as dangerous. It is the worry that the creature’s being will “consume” the current order of humanity that makes him so terrifying. It is the fact that the creature cannot be identified by anything formerly known that causes people to react to negatively to …show more content…
Victor and the monster both find comfort in nature and develop a strong bond with their natural surroundings. At the same time, the Monster and Victor’s bond grows and becomes even more developed as they grow more similar. One of the main causes for this change is the occurrence that both Victor and the Monster pursue. Along with, Victor whom he has no idea that he will be creating his own failure when he makes the creation. The test goes dreadfully wrong and because of this he loses everything that he cherishes, and the most valuable thing he can’t ever get back, his life. Kindness identifies itself in his experimental isolation. The monster grieves from the scam of nature and both having the craving for love and care from the society. The monster notices affection and happiness that goes between others and people other than him and Victor. The monster than realizes that’s what he wants, and will not stop until it’s

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