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Examples Of Victor's Relationship In Frankenstein

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Frankenstein is a novel, where Mary Shelley (M.S) weaves Victor’s creation of the monster with God’s creation of humanity in the Bible. Throughout the novel it shows Victors and his creatures' relationship through their actions. Victor abandones, runs, hates his creation, whereas God, in contrast, watches over, stays and loves humanity. The first sign of Victor and the creature's relationship is when Victor first runs from his creation as soon as the creature breathes life. “...but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart. Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room, and continued a long time traversing my bedchamber, unable to compose …show more content…

God creates humanity and places them in The Garden of Eden and stays with them walking among them. (KJV Bible, Genesis 3:1-8) God also stays with humanity while they directly defy Him; an example of this is in Exodus 32 the Israelites are in the wilderness going to the Promise Land, during that time Moses went up into the mountain to speak with God yet down in the valley the Isrealites were defining God and dance nude around a man-made idol. Not only did God stay with them, he also blesses them and helps them into the promised land. This shows that the relationship between God and humanity is one base one love and …show more content…

In chapter 10 Victor and his creation are both at Mount Montanvert talking. Victor tells his creation, “Devil, do you dare approach me? and do not you fear the fierce vengeance of my arm wreaked on your miserable head? Begone, vile insect! or rather, stay, that I may trample you to dust! and, oh! that I could, with the extinction of your miserable existence, restore those victims whom you have so diabolically murdered!” (Shelley, 68) Victor hates the monster so much he would kill him without a second thought, only wanting to hurt him out of anger and vengeance for what he had done against others. Victor then curses his creation “Abhorred monster! Fiend that thou art! the tortures of hell are too mild a vengeance of thy crimes. Wretched devil! you repoach me with your creation; come on, then, that I may extinguish the spark which I so negligently bestowed.” (Shelley, 68) Showing that their relationship is that of enemies instead of creator and creation, with Victor despising his

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Throughout Frankenstein, Shelley uses Victor to warn the reader of the dangers of aspiring to godliness, and the consequences one faces in the aftermath doing so, even going as far as to compare Victor to Satan, tempting the crew of Walton’s ship, in the book’s final pages. The Victor Shelley creates is very similar to the Satan created by Milton in his book, Paradise Lost, which explores the biblical tale of Adam and Eve. In Frankenstein, Victor speaks of his desire to create the Creature, saying, “I deemed it criminal to throw away in useless grief those talents that might be useful to my fellow-creatures.” (152). Shelley’s diction choices, such as the word “useless” exemplify Victor’s excessive hubris, portraying him as a man who creates his Creature for, in his mind, the good of society.

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Victor conveys that any human cannot withstand the ugliness of the face of the monster. A simile is used to compare a mummy risen from the dead is not even as close to disturbing as the despicable monster he created. The Dante references to Dante’s Inferno, Dante has come across many demons in hell but, even Frankenstein’s monster is viler than any demon in hell. In response to the monster being born Victor flees in horror. He wants nothing to do with the monster it frightens him so that he deserts it to fend for itself in his apartment not caring about any sort of trouble the monster can cause: “I then reflected, and the thought made me shiver, that the creature whom I had left in my apartment might still be in there, alive and walking about.

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He felt he had created an “ugly monster” and that he had made a mistake. The countenance of the creature immediately scared off Victor even though it was his creation. “Oh! no mortal could support the horror of that countenance.” (Shelley 48)

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Upon witnessing his creation's animation, Victor is quick to reject him as he flees from his dwelling, mistakenly allowing the Creature to escape into the world. After escaping, the Creature commits a series of crimes, leaving Victor consumed by his own guilt from the realization that he is responsible for bringing the unstoppable monster into existence. Victor’s erosion of subjectivity is evident as he “considered the being whom I cast among mankind…my own spirit let loose from the grave, and forced to destroy all that was dear to me” (Shelley 84). Aware that the Creature's existence has caused the devastation of all he held dear, Victor also emphasizes the negative effects of his arrogance in breaking natural principles. He understands that the Creature is uncontrollable and that he is a source of this chaos.

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As soon as Victor’s creation came alive, Victor turned his back on the creature, leading to it lashing out at the world around it. When Victor sees his creation, he thinks to himself, “How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavored to form?” (Shelley 48). Without considering what the Creature was going through, Victor immediately starts judging it, calling it disgusting names such as “catastrophe” and “wretch”. Victor’s irresponsibility led to the Creature holding feelings of hatred against the human race.

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This guilt eventually turns to revenge as he comes to the realization that only he can stop the monster he created. The growing rage and desire for revenge sparks Victor, “Tears, the first I had shed for many months, streamed from my eyes, and I resolved not to fall before my enemy without a bitter struggle. ”(Shelley, 20) Victor’s sense of retribution grew so strong that he died in spite of stopping his

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Regrettably, this fails to be the case. The creature is spurned once more by the girl and shot by the father. The creation once again dejected says, “my daily vows rose for revenge- a deep and deadly revenge.” At this point, Victor’s creation was more resound in holding onto his bestial passions, but again he did not let them overcome his being. However, the fact that he refuses to let all of his monstrous passions flutter away exemplifies that the creature has taken the next step toward

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The Monster believes and mentioned several times that the reason that he is so angry is because of Victor. Shelley writes,

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(171). Victor describes the creation as “devilish”, but the “devilish” nature is a direct result of Victor’s actions. He agrees to deliver happiness, but accomplishes the opposite. Victor knows

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Noah Ramsey Stephen Moshkovitz English 10 CP2 E 19 December 2022 A Victim of Circumstance In Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein is the true monster because of his hubristic pursuit of knowledge and neglect of the creature he selfishly brought to life. Victor's reason for creating life is entirely insincere, showing that Victor was already the monster before his creation was conceived. Victor abandons the creation and leaves it to lead a life of confusion and isolation.

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This destruction pushed the monster into a state of anger. “Remember that I have power; you believe yourself miserable, but I can make you so wretched that the light of day will be hateful to you. You are my creator, but I am your master;- obey!” (Shelley 122). Victor and the creature battle for

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As the creature tells victor to make him a partner creature he vilely states, “I will cause fear; and chiefly towards you my arch-enemy, because my creator, do I swear inextinguishable hatred. Have a care: I will work at your destruction, nor finish until I desolate your heart, so that you curse the hour of your birth” (Shelley 137). As the creature threatens Victor, he becomes more of a monster by wanting to kill all of Victor's family for revenge. The creature is so aggravated that the reader can not understand what is going through his mind.

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Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even YOU turned from me in disgust? God, in pity, made man beautiful and alluring, after his own image; but my form is a filthy type of yours, more horrid even from the very resemblance” (Shelley, 131). This quote supports the theme of negative outcomes of dangerous knowledge because before the creature wanted to learn how to read and write in hopes to fit in with the society, and by doing this he was able to read what Victor put into his lab coat. As a consequence he began hating himself for who he was and started taking his anger out onto innocent people.

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Victor selfishly creates the Creature to gain prestige, pretentiously claiming himself as a human god when he succeeds and saying it was for the sake of humanity. In reality, he creates a grotesque being and abandons it the moment his illusions shatter, making the creature a victim because he denies the responsibility of raising it causing hardships for it. Victor also believes the creature is a reprobative individual since it kills his brother and foists Justine’s execution, thus he acts inimical towards it throughout the whole novel as he invectively exclaims, “Abhorred monster! Fiend that thou art! The tortures of hell are too mild a vengeance for thy crimes” (93).

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(Shelley, 193) After all the vengeful events and tragic deaths, the monster faces his creator and asks forgiveness. This demonstrates, once again, his ability to love and his innate goodness, knowing that forgiveness is his only hope. However, since Victor is dead, his pleas are met with silence. Essentially, all hope for the monster’s ability to survive is now dead. Without hope, he turns back to evilness and blames Victor for his own

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