Who Is Victor's Victory In Frankenstein

Dr. Victor Frankenstein achieves his victory very similar to that to the British when they defeated the French at Waterloo. The overview of Frankenstein helps to show how victory is achieved by Victor in the novel. Victories aren’t always achieved on a battlefield, or a field, or even in the classroom. Some triumphs, however, are won in life itself. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is the story of Victor Frankenstein, a successful scientist, and his creation of his “creature”. The story is told through letters written by a man named Robert Walton. Walton begins the story located in the North Pole where he quickly rescues the main character of the story, Victor. The two men begin talking and eventually Frankenstein shares his story with Walton (Caldwell …show more content…
He hopes that once he completes his experiment, that his body will return to normal (Brackett par. 55). Eventually, Frankenstein is able to bring his invention to life, giving him this small victory in life that one experiences as discussed before. However, this victory is very short lived, as Frankenstein has created a creature rather than a regular person, his original goal. The monster quickly develops and becomes very smart despite being shut out by his inventor and being forced to live on his own. After a short while, the monster returns to see the doctor and asks for a counterpart so he is less lonely. Despite a long self argument, Frankenstein agrees. But, in the midst of his creation of the female, he decides against it and kills his second invention. The monster bares witness to this, leading to the eventual murder of Frankenstein’s soon to be bride at the hands of his own experiment. Frankenstein chases to monster into the Arctic where he suffers from the conditions and later dies. The monster now sees that his creator has died and reaches out his hand to touch