Victor Frankenstein

relies as much upon Victor Frankenstein and his transformation as it does on the monster. The overall theme and message of the 19th century novel is the idea that we are not meant to play god, and we should not attempt to interfere in the affairs of the natural processes of the world. To show the consequences, the story follows Frankenstein on a swift descent from prominence and vigor to depression, austerity, paranoia and misery. Prior to the creation of the monster, Victor was benevolent,…

The gothic novel Frankenstein, embraces the fact that the monster is the outcast causing havoc and placing pure evil over everywhere he goes, inadvertently being the one to blame for all his mistakes. Victor however, the palpable monster here and the creator of his agony, is the one to blame rather then the creature born with no parents, no guide, and no virtues to live by. The devil figure role, taken by the Victor and shown one of many times in chapter 7, the scene where victor realizes that…

was created as well. The monster wants to know why Victor created him. Adam was created to build a new creation the humans which made the monster wonder more why will victor create him and what was his point on doing that. Unlike the monster, Adam was created in God’s image of likeness and as a beautiful and perfect being. The monster was hideous and was created through disgusting creation. God was helping Adam and watched over him since Victor was so disgusted by the monster that he abandoned…

Pride Leads to Destruction Mary Shelley, the author of the well known Frankenstein, centered her novel around two dynamic characters. In this Gothic novel, protagonist Victor Frankenstein bestows life upon lifeless matter, which becomes the antagonist. Victor grew up in affluence and under the aegis of loving parents. Also, he grew up during the transition from natural philosophy to a modern system of science. At age seventeen, Victor’s pursuit of knowledge became arduous. He abandoned his…

The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is written from the perspective of Victor Frankenstein. His actions make up the bulk of the novel and in this essay, we will be evaluating what he does or does not do from an ethical point of view. Overall, Victor Frankenstein is an extremely complex character and I would be naive to say he was either ethical or unethical with regards to his actions. Rather, the complexity of his character is developed through a myriad of arguably ethical and unethical…

nature to associate those characteristics with a monster just as it is when the Creation is first introduced in the book, Frankenstein. However, the true monster in Frankenstein isn’t the one with yellow skin and black lips. The monster is Victor, the one who constructed the Creation. Firstly, Victor completely abandoned his creation. After seeing what he really created, Victor rushed out of the room where he “did not dare return to the apartment,” (Shelley 36). Coming from a father/son point…

Victor grave robs, steals, and cheats in order obtain the materials necessary to make the experiment. These materials are human body parts. This is the first inclination the reader gets that Victor is no longer the man he was once thought to be. Throughout the whole processes Victor excludes himself from the world. Being in solitude changes the ethics of some people. They forget what human contact is like, what it means to care for someone of something. Most importantly, being lonely and in…

Victor and the monster are painted as two completely different individuals at the beginning of the novel, but as the novel goes on, they both begin to demonstrate similarities. The theme of playing God by taking matters of life and death into the character’s own hands occurs at multiple points throughout the plot. Victor and his creation are also similar because they both want to find love and comfort in the form of a companion of their own kind. The monster wants a female partner with whom…

The relationship between Victor Frankenstein and the creature that he created is representative of marriage during the colonial era. The creature passed many obstacles in an attempt to be part of humanity, but he failed without his expected result. Although the creature behaves badly, he is not inherently evil or malicious. Political subjects in eighteen century philosophy bring the existence of a creature, as colonialism was dealing with the effects on cultures and societies. The…

Frankenstein is a tragedy in which there was an immense amount of potential in the characters, but it was all wasted on revenge. Dr. Frankenstein was a brilliant doctor but was oblivious the to harmful effects creating life would have on himself and those close to him. Throughout the story rejection and escalating revenge turn Dr. Frankenstein and his creation against each other bringing about death and destruction. Mary Shelley uses Victor Frankenstein from Frankenstein as a tragic hero to…