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Examples Of Ambition In Frankenstein

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Ambition Does Not Always Lead To Success In today’s world ambition is often seen as a good, successful thing. However, in the novel Frankenstein, Victor uses his ambition to create the Creature, which in this case is a creature; once the creature is created, he focuses his ambitions on killing all those close to Victor. Throughout the novel, Victor and the creature’s drive for ambition leads to tragedy, conflicts, and complications. Victor is intrigued with how God created so many things, so he also tries to perform these God-like tasks such as creating monstrous creatures. Earlier in the book, Victor’s mother passed away from scarlet fever which leads to him wanting to bring her back to life, which is when he develops a strong interest …show more content…

Victor travels to the northern highlands of Scotland, but is torn as to whether he should follow through with this or not. The creature threatens Victor that if he does not create him a companion, he will come to his wedding. Shelley states “I shall be with you on your wedding night.”(Shelley, pg.107). Once the creature says this, it makes Victor rethink what he is going to do and whether he should create the female creature. The cons outway the pros and Victor decides against this creation because of the dangers. Victor decides on not creating this additional creature and companion for the creature for his own safety and for the safety of the people Victor loves the most. Victor is instilled with fear in this moment but knows that he is doing the right thing but not creating another creature that could potentially destroy as …show more content…

The Creature became immensely obsessed with Victor creating him a female companion, which is all the creature focused on, and he believed that no matter what he was going to get one. The creature feels that it is his right to have a female companion, so when Victor decides not to follow through with this out of fear the creature gets angry with him. As a result, the Creature ends up killing Victor’s best friend Henry Clerval. Victor was heartbroken and crushed considering the fact that the creature he created killed his own best friend. The creature kills a total of six people in this novel and all of them are close to Victor which causes deep pain for Victor and results in Victor wanting revenge which isn’t easy considering he is against this deadly creature that he created. Victor reacts poorly because of the frustration and exhaustion that he is facing due to the creature killing all of these people. On the wedding night, the creature decides to kill Elizabeth who is Victor’s bride because he wants revenge because Victor did not create him a female companion. Essentially, the creature kills everyone Victor loves leaving Victor feeling hopeless, guilty, sad, and terrified. Victor becomes exhausted and worn out and ends up passing away due to all that he has been through with the creature and all the loss he

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The creature professes he despises Victor, stating he loathes Victor and desires for him to hate his human essence. Following Victor’s initial refusal the creature states, “...if I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear, and chiefly towards you… because my creator, do I swear indistinguishable hatred” (Shelley, 129). He informs Victor that the only two options are to make him a female mate, or know that the creature is to cause destruction wherever he traverses. This is an attempt to provoke fear from Victor by making him believe that if he does not abide by the creature’s request, he will be putting society at

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Victor would stop at nothing to finish his project and became so obsessed that he was isolated from his family and friends. His way of collecting lifeless matter for his creation is unethical and morally wrong. Eventually, he is punished for his actions: “I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body.” (pg.56) Additionally, extreme devotion to the building of his creation caused Victor mental distress due to the fact that he neglected his own needs in order to work exclusively on the creature: “I had deprived myself of rest and health.”

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