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Celestina Bellulovich Ms. Williams ENGIIB, Period 5 9 May, 2023 My Condolences to The Creature How do different points of view in a story affect a reader’s thought? Shown in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the emotions created by the audience are altering as both Victor, and the creature’s perspective is in text. When starting, it is in the view of Robert Walton, an outsider of the story, unaware what Victor has gone through. Then the story goes to Victor, then the creature, after, back to Victor, then back to Victor, and back to Robert Walton. While reading, the question that was in my mind throughout the whole story was, who was the true villain in Frankenstein. Both sides of saying Victor or the creature can be supported, but it …show more content…

While the creature reads texts, getting understandment about the world, history, and beliefs, he is able to make contrasts he has in comparison to the characters. The creature says, “I remembered Adam’s supplication to his Creator. But where was mine? He had abandoned me, and in the bitterness of my heart I cursed him” (156). He compares himself to Adam, as he is able to credit his creator, as the creature contradicts Victor being his creator. He isn’t by his side, or associates himself with his creation. He is afraid as if he wasn’t able to control how the creature looked, as well as even giving it a chance. By the first second the creature became alive, he ran away, creating the terrible relationship he has with the creature, which explains the reasoning of the creature saying he has bitterness in his heart towards Victor. Even as he learns more about the world, as well as family relationships, he always envies them, especially with the De Lacey family. They were close and supported each other, even in poverty, contrary to how Victor would protect his …show more content…

In the trial for Justine, the family’s maid who got accused of murdering Victor’s brother, William, he felt guilty, but focused on saving himself. Instead of saving an innocent woman committed to the family, he kept pushing to continue being unhonest. He reveals, “A thousand times rather would I have confessed myself guilty of the crime ascribed to Justine, but I was absent when it was committed, and such a declaration would have been considered as the ravings of a madman and would not have exculpated her who suffered through me” (90). Alternatively to him revealing the truth, as well as saving Justine, he worries if anyone would believe him, similar to the man who cried wolf; not many fell for it. Instead of attempting to save Justine from being executed, he stays quiet even though it feels morally wrong, along with a large amount of guilt on his shoulders. Victor even admits later on, he was the one who deserved to go to the grave, as he was the cause of the two deaths. Despite him giving himself false hope towards uncovering his creation, he gives false hope to his

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