Responsibility in Frankenstein Essay

In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Dr. Frankenstein created the monster for personal gain, never taking responsibility for what he had created. Only showing any signs of sympathy for the creature after their confrontation. Once Frankenstein had listened to it he had finally realized that to please the beast he would have to create an Eve for Adam. The monster was created as the first creature in what Frankenstein believed would be an entire species of life forms that would bow to him. “A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me.” (Shelley, 57). Once Frankenstein had brought life to the puzzle of the body he was immediately overflowed with regret and horror. He spent years…

Not Taking Responsibility Leads to Bad Things In the book Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, there was a key life lesson that was shown throughout. It was using your knowledge responsibly so you don´t have consequences. During this book, Victor Frankenstein is the main character and the center of attention. He creates a monster but doesn´t take enough responsibility for his actions. The definition of responsibility is the state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control…

Responsibility is something most are taught at an early age. It is the mentality to make a decision and take the consequences for acting upon the decision. As seen as a major theme in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, man’s failure to accept responsibility can lead to disaster. The novel follows the main character and ambitious inventor Victor Frankenstein 's triumph as he tries to fulfil his efforts in finding a way to reanimate a dead body. After his creation is successful, Victor is…

In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the protagonist, Victor Frankenstein, a university student, creates a living creature out of human body parts. However, once Victor sees what he had made in his frenzied state of selfish pride, he runs in terror, leaving the monster alone. The monster, isolated from society, has to grow up without a parental creator’s influence and ultimately turns his back on Victor and the rest of humanity, enacting his revenge and chasing Victor until his death. Many…

Following the conception of the first creature in Mary Shelley’s, Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein sentenced himself to a lifetime that would be comprised of terror and the constant need of protection. The moment during which he commenced his labors to create the creature, he committed the rest of his life to mental and physical destruction. Without having contemplated the potential complications that could arise by attempting to become omnipotent, Victor concluded his toils and birthed a…

Scientist’s Responsibility The person who doesn’t take responsibility is equivalent to a leader who doesn’t look after his people; spiraling into failure and destruction. Recently, the hoverboard caused an incident where a celebrity ended up in the emergency room. The people who made the hoverboard should be held responsible because their product injured someone. A scientist is responsible if a person is harmed by his/her new creation. Similarly, Mary Shelley writes about a creation who goes…

Every living thing, whether a human or an animal, has responsibilities that they must follow. These can range from running the most powerful country in the world to finding food for oneself. If not taken seriously, however, these responsibilities can have a lasting effect on one’s life. In Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”, the character of Victor goes against nature itself and creates a living thing; a monster. However, once he does this he is not ready to live with the consequences of his actions.…

One of the main themes of the book "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley is that people should take responsibility for their doings. The first time this theme appears is after Victor creates his monster. He literally "rushed out" of responsibility: "I rushed out of the room and continued a long time traversing my bedchamber" (Shelley 43-44). Later Victor continues to run from that responsibility: "I stepped fearfully in: the apartment was empty, and my bedroom was also freed from its hideous guest"…

In both, “The Island of Dr. Moreau” and Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”, the doctors abuse their creative powers while dismissing their moral responsibilities in order to gain ultimate control of their surroundings. In Frankenstein, the overall theme is developed in a number of ways that all focus around the selfish Victor Frankenstein who obsesses over maintaining control of all of those around him. Frankenstein “fails to exercise such moral responsibility for the single life he creates because…

The major fault of Frankenstein as a character is not being able to accept responsibility for his creation and this is the first step along that path that he only accepts responsibility when he has lost everything. This extract comes at a critical point of the novel as Frankenstein has reanimated the monster and ran away from him. This impacts the development of both Frankenstein and the monster as characters. Frankenstein is tormented by what he has done. It is important to note us as the…