Who Is Victor Responsible For His Actions In Frankenstein

“Actions have consequences… first rule of life. And the second rule is this - you are the only one responsible for your own actions.” (Holly Lisle). It has been said that the measure of true maturity is the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s actions. I believe that in order to be mature a person must accept and take responsibility for their actions. Throughout the novel, Victor proves to be mature from being unable to accept his fault for his actions to later realizing the damage he has cause and eventually attempting to fix them. In the beginning of the novel, Victor is not willing to take responsibility for his actions which makes him immature. The first time Victor proves to be immature is when he does not consider the possible consequences that could happen for giving life to a creature before he begins to create his creature. Since Victor is horrified by this creature he decides to abandon him by leaving him alone in his apartment. In fact, when Victor goes back to his apartment to see if the creature is gone, he says to …show more content…
Victor claims “I had resolved in my own mind, that to create another like the fiend I had first made would be an act of the basest and most atrocious selfishness.”(197) This is showing maturity because he realizes the damage the monster has cause so he is accepting the responsibility. It may seem immature that he decide to back out of his deal, but it was the best decision he could have done to put an end to everything he has done proving his