Victor was raised by a family and his future wife, he believed, “No human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself” (Shelley 23). However when his mother died from scarlet fever, the void his mother left was evident, in which Victor became obsessed with science. He replaced his love for his family with science. Victor completely neglected his family for six years, trying to re-create life. “In contrast to Victor, whose egotism isolates him from his friends, family and fiancée; his creation craves human contact, and desperately pleads for a companion capable of accepting him” (Bond) He no longer studied under M. Krempe and M. Waldman, as he was skeptical that he would not receive all the credit for his new project. Victor rummaged through graveyards to find body parts of the new life he was creating. He soon realized that his judgment is a blunder and he has created a monster. The creature is promptly abandoned when he is brought to life, searching for some sort of assistance. He is left alone, with many questions, but no answers. The creature pursuits his creator, thus leads to him settling down near a cottage. He observes a family, which resides inside the cottage. The creature was impressed by the cottagers and learned “views of social life which it developed” (Shelley 116) and to “admire their virtues and to deprecate the vices of mankind” (Shelley 116). The cottagers fill the creature’s void of not having a family. The creature learns vital values and morals from the family, as well as how to speak and understand the French language. The creature examines the old man, in the group of cottagers, later finding out that their surname is De Lacey. The creature notices the old man was blind and that he could finally withhold a conversation with someone who would not shriek at his mere appearance. However this idea quickly spoiled when the other cottagers arrived and beat
Victor was raised by a family and his future wife, he believed, “No human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself” (Shelley 23). However when his mother died from scarlet fever, the void his mother left was evident, in which Victor became obsessed with science. He replaced his love for his family with science. Victor completely neglected his family for six years, trying to re-create life. “In contrast to Victor, whose egotism isolates him from his friends, family and fiancée; his creation craves human contact, and desperately pleads for a companion capable of accepting him” (Bond) He no longer studied under M. Krempe and M. Waldman, as he was skeptical that he would not receive all the credit for his new project. Victor rummaged through graveyards to find body parts of the new life he was creating. He soon realized that his judgment is a blunder and he has created a monster. The creature is promptly abandoned when he is brought to life, searching for some sort of assistance. He is left alone, with many questions, but no answers. The creature pursuits his creator, thus leads to him settling down near a cottage. He observes a family, which resides inside the cottage. The creature was impressed by the cottagers and learned “views of social life which it developed” (Shelley 116) and to “admire their virtues and to deprecate the vices of mankind” (Shelley 116). The cottagers fill the creature’s void of not having a family. The creature learns vital values and morals from the family, as well as how to speak and understand the French language. The creature examines the old man, in the group of cottagers, later finding out that their surname is De Lacey. The creature notices the old man was blind and that he could finally withhold a conversation with someone who would not shriek at his mere appearance. However this idea quickly spoiled when the other cottagers arrived and beat