What Is Victor's Sense Of Morality In Frankenstein

While the Creature is inadequate of gaining his visibility in society, he can retain a sense of moral comprehension of the real world that inflicts his own emotions and conscience. Victor does not feel abashed by his action of abandoning his greatest invention of all time, but instead, he loathes the existence of it. His cowardice arises and persists throughout the entire story until he is deceased. Readers cannot blame the Creature for being a villain in the story, because what he experiences since his creation is rejection. During the conversation between Victor Frankenstein and him, the Creature retains his sense of morality in his eloquent speeches as he addresses his sufferings - rejection and disdain. The Creature mentions, “I am thy …show more content…
The Creature is willing to devote himself to Victor so he can learn how to be an ordinary being in society as he states, “I will be even mild and docile to my natural lord and king.” The eloquent usage of words within his speech depicts an essential concept of how intelligent the Creature has become. Even though the Creature is still immature in terms of his point of view of the real world, his morality remains greater than Victor’s perspective. Prominently, the Creature cognizes the importance of equality while Victor perpetually chooses to condemn his creation as a fiend. Therefore, the Creature understands more about the perception of sympathy and love than Victor Frankenstein does. Despite the inequity and prejudice that Victor and society illustrate, the Creature does not desist himself from pursuing the quest for acceptance and love from his creator. That perception results in his power of willingness and …show more content…
After Victor’s death, the Creature still expresses his remaining sympathy and loyalty for his creator. He recognizes the potential for grace and love within Victor as he says, “the select specimen of all that is worthy of love and admiration among men.” Yet, he perceives Victor as his “father” because his existence is granted based on the creator. There is also an inclusion of disappointment within the Creature, because Victor is now deceased, thus, this notion concludes his own existence in such a malicious world. Until the end, Victor perseveres in his cowardice and pusillanimity towards his own creation, which is an opposition to the ideology of paternal love. In contradiction, the Creature remains sympathetic to his creator, even when he is defected with resentment and revenge. Based on the two aforementioned quotes, the readers can grasp the perception that the Creature is not a malevolent character, but he transforms himself into one due to the excessive intolerance within the society. Victor becomes a “monster” of his own when his heart has no commiseration for his own