A monster is defined as an imaginary and supernatural creature, and the word is associated with connotations of evil; society today may label an individual as a monster if he/she lack a moral conscience and manifest the pain they feel internally externally which results in the pain of others. The transformation of the word from supernatural to a representation of an individual 's moral character is a result of the Literature of Mary Shelley and Oscar Wilde who personify the word and present it through their characters. Frankenstein is the tale of an arrogant scientist with good intentions who unintentionally creates a monster too terrible to love. The Picture of Dorian is a story of two middle-aged men who guide a younger man, an archetype …show more content…
Victor Frankenstein is a modern scientist who was born into an upper-class home in Switzerland. He is ambitious, yet Shelley highlights that his flaws lies within his blinded ambitions which cause him to pursue the secrets of human life. During his upbringing he is sheltered from much of the evil of the world, but he is given the freedom to learn and explore which gave him an opportunity to pursue his interest in natural philosophy. His interests in the mystical theories of Cornelius Agrippa planted a seed in him which led to his profound interests in occult scientific theory. The death of his mother ignited a sadness in him which allowed him to become aware of the pains of loneliness, and to repress the pain, he took comfort in yearn for knowledge; his increased curiosity leads him to fail victim to Walden’s magic of natural philosophy, through chemistry, and begins a decline into his destruction. Whilst working gruesomely day and night, he achieves his goal and successfully animates a dead body, but the creation was “so hideous that even [Victor] turned from [it] in disgust” (Shelley 155). Victor results to abandon his creation which is introduced by Shelley as having the character of a naïve child with no understanding of the world around him, but his abandonment by Victor turns the creature into a dejected and