Frankenstein Abandonment Essay

Abandonment is the process of leaving or deserting someone and usually never coming back. In the novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley introduces a creature who was constructed by Victor Frankenstein, so he could make discoveries about the process of life and death. Victor had a neglectful childhood and not the best relationship with his parents, so he had issues with showing love and empathy towards people. This led him to not feel empathy towards the creature he created, so he abandoned the creature. Victor realized what the creature was and did not want anything to do with him. The creature constantly deals with rejection by Victor and the other people around him, which leads to an uncontrollable feeling of rage. The rage leads him to do indescribable

People did not accept him and only viewed him as a monster that wanted to cause destruction. “I am malicious because I am miserable. Am I not shunned and hated by all mankind?” (Shelley 147). The creature feels like he is hated by everyone, which causes him to act out in these hurtful ways. He feels that if everyone already hates him, then why should he try to be nice to people? “Many times I considered Satan as the fitter emblem of my condition; for often, like him, when I viewed the bliss of my protectors, the bitter gall of envy rose within me” (Shelley 130). This shows that the creature himself is comparing himself to Satan. He knows that he does things to hurt people, and he does not feel bad about it. Victor’s abandonment led the creature to have a lot of rage and intense feelings that he did not know how to cope with. This caused him to do these evil and monstrous things because he did not know anything else and needed to feel at ease with his intrusive

Victor had to deal with all the guilt and take responsibility for all the bad things the creature had done because he created and left the creature. “Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room and continued a long time traversing my bed-chamber, unable to compose my mind to sleep”(Shelley 49). Victor realized what he created and could not even sleep knowing that he created a “monster”. His abandonment of the creature was even worse, because he let the creature out into the real world with no knowledge or morals. “The different accidents of life are not so changeable as the feelings of human nature. I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart” (Shelley 48). This shows that Victor's dream was to make a creation, like the creature but now that it is done, he regrets it and wishes his dreams stayed dreams. Victor was feeling like he did something wrong and that he created a monster that he let out into the world. Victor failed in his creation. The literary criticism states “Through one of those science fictional “secret formulae” he succeeds and is tempted by