Victor's Madness In Frankenstein

Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus, was a gothic novel written by Mary Shelley in 1818. The novel includes an enthralling tale of a curious man, Victor Frankenstein, who creates a huge human with his own hands. Frankenstein’s experiments did not produce the results that he was hoping for, consequently creating a monster that would haunt him for the rest of his life. Victor’s first instinct was to run away from the monster, but he was never able to escape the wrath of his creation. Out of spite, the harmless fiend killed many or Victor’s friend and family. It would be easy to say that the real monster of the book was the killing machine that Frankenstein had created, but some of the audience question if the monster would have ever became …show more content…
The monster just wanted to feel accepted and loved by his parent. The way Victor treats the fiend changes his outlook on every human being, making the monster think that
Victor
… had endowed [him] with perceptions and passions and then cast [him] abroad an object for the scorn and horror of mankind. (Shelley 119)
The monster felt as if Victor made him, then just ignored him and left him to fend for himself in a world that he was not meant to be a part of. If Victor would have made the monster feel more loved and important, the monster would not be filled with so much hatred for him and …show more content…
When people saw the horrid stature and characteristics of Victor’s beast, the first reaction was to scream and automatically run from the ugly creature. He finally realized why everyone was so scared of him when he “… became fully convinced that [he] was in reality the monster…” (Shelley 94). After the monster saw himself, he automatically hated Victor for making him so petrifying. He appreciated the beauty of humans and wished he could fit in with them. If Victor would have made the monster more appealing, he would not have envied Victor as much because he would be able to fit in with the rest of