Direct Characterization Of Frankenstein

In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, she uses many elements and characterization of Victor and the conflicts that happen throughout the novel affects Victor later on. The conflicts that Victor later on encounters is due to his ego that results in the cause of his own tragic downfall. This is evidenced by his ambition, isolation, and the lack of responsibility. Victor Frankenstein, A university student that finds the secret of animating dead flesh, he attempts to stitch rotting corpses into some sort of superhuman giant. He learns about modern natural philosophy and seeks attention after realizing that creating such a creature, he can seem godlike. Victor being an interested yet concerned student, he thinks..”The ambition of the inquirer seemed to

He realizes that him acting on his careless decisions can cause many conflicts. The dead calmness of inaction and certainty, a weight of despair and remorse that pressed on Victor’s heart. Victor states, “Justine died, she rested, and I was alive” (85). Victor can’t bear the fact that his decision to create the monster had so many consequences. So many emotions that victor had felt. Victor’s state of mind changed his health, he felt sick and this feeling of guilt. Knowing that he is being reckless and didn’t think about the consequences beforehand things would've been different and maybe even better. Victor looked back upon the past with self-satisfaction, but now he felt remorse and a sense of guilt which led him into a hell of intense torture that couldn't be described. He says, “I shunned the face of man; all sound of joy or complacency was torture to me; solitude was my only consolation–deep, dark, death-like solitude” (85). Victor was alone, he felt lonely. Victor’s decision into keeping himself isolated from others was painful and he had to bear with his little secret alone. All of his emotions bottled