Who Is To Blame In Frankenstein

Blame, “To assign responsibility to a fault or wrong” (Blame). In Mary Shelly’s, Frankenstein, blame is tossed around often throughout the novel. Although it is easy to point fingers, it is not always easy to determine who the blame belongs to. In this tragedy, Victor Frankenstein and his monster are both responsible for their actions and the ripple effects they have caused. In chapter one, Victor begins to talk about his childhood and how his parents raised him. He always believed his parents raised him well saying, “The innocent and helpless bestowed on them by heaven whom to bring up to good, and whose future lot it was in their hands to direct to happiness or misery, according as they fulfilled their duties toward me” (Joshua 1). These were his views on raising children and he states that it takes care and the attention to raise a child to be good and happy; obviously Victor did not give attention to his child (his creation) in the internal part of his life and the effects of his actions clearly show it. The monster turned out to be angry and mean while living in a world of misery while Frankenstein refrained from him. He had no one to accommodate with and show him the ropes of life. So Victor put blame on his creation for the horrible things he had done, when at …show more content…
While walking the reader through his life on his own, the monster begins to say, “No father had watched my infant days, no mother had blessed me with smiles and caresses” (Joshua 12). He is filled with anguish and despair because he feels like he was abandoned by his father (Victor). In the monumental time when he came into the world and began his journey of life, he had no one to love him or mold him into an actual human being. He was left for the wolves: he puts all the blame for his actions on Victor. The main cause of the creations vengefulness and horrible actions was driven by Frankenstein when he abandoned