The monster took over his mind before it was created, affected his life while it was alive, and was the reason Victor died. When Victor was a child, he became obsessed with science. The death of his mother created a fire in him which prompted this yearn for the secret to live. He studied alchemy, and went to university when he could. At university, Victor’s professors told him that everything he had learned was wrong.
The creature wants to take revenge on Victor for abandoning him and causes Victor grief by killing the people he cares about. When the creature kills, Victor feels responsible and guilty of the murders. He continually breaks down with each death by “his” hands, which makes him go mad. The task of creating a monster turned Victor into a monster
Victor had two loving parents that gave him everything he ever needed or wanted to fulfill his physiological and emotional needs. Since Victor did not do this for his monster, the monster would kill all of Victor’s family and friends that he loved which would bring destruction to Victor’s life. For the rest of his days, Victor would go on a search for his monster to destroy it or die trying. Unlike Victor, the monster was never loved because of the way he looked. He was left alone, even by his creator, and lived a miserable life always escaping people that would “attacked [him], until, grievously bruised by stones and many other kinds of missile weapons” (Shelley).
He brings his problems upon himself through his relentless desire for knowledge. His downfall is brought upon him by his creation, which uses knowledge again to do damage to him and those close to him. Knowledge has destructive capabilities and they were abused by Victor and his creation until their ultimate
Victor denied the monster it’s power by not allowing it to have what it asked for. This refusal caused the monster declare it’s dominance through threatening Victor to do as it says or he will be punished. After Victor refuses to allow his creation to take control, it goes mayhem and reacts with hatred. The creature tried to gain it’s power by deteriorating Victor’s life killing many of the friends and loved ones close to Victor. This pulls the final straw for Victor, he attempted to hunt the monster down and destroy it before it could hurt anyone else.
Human-Like-Monster Characters An elf like creature with wings. Has sword fighting abilities. [Attack type] (EC)
He too appreciates nature and it's peacefulness, the beauty, and tranquility. Once he figures out he is truly a monster and was created by someone other than God he again, like Victor, believed nature was mocking him. He knew he was a product of science and he no longer appreciated nature because he wasn't created naturally. He constantly questioned why it had to be done asking the earth “how did I imprecate the curses on the cause of my being” (129) & became enraged.
The creature's own “protector had departed and had broken the only link that held me to the world" (139), leaving him to fend for himself in a world that rejects him. The creature's evilness came not from birth, but he is “malicious because I am miserable; am I not shunned and hated by all mankind?" 147. These circumstances that he has faced have resulted in the monster that he has become now. The creature had no companion or a person to lead him on the right path, someone to teach him right from wrong.
The Intricacy of Knowledge “Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without much knowledge is a curse.” Knowledge is a blessing and curse for the same reason that power can corrupt. It requires maturity and responsibility and is only as valuable as the person using it. In the book Frankenstein, Mary Shelley uses the evolution of Victor and the monster throughout the story to prove that knowledge can be a blessing and a curse.
He ends up becoming obsessed with this and ultimately finds a way to bring back someone from the dead. With the knowledge gained from his experiment Victor realizes that he created a monster and leaves the creature on it's own. He leaves all the papers he uses to create the monster in his possession, which leads to the creature finding out how he was made and just abandoned right after his creation. This ultimately leads to the monster's hatred for Victor and his thirst for revenge on Victor. Some knowledge is good, some bad knowledge but if that knowledge falls into the hands of the wrong people the results can be disastrous.
This shows the humanity in the monster and his tendency to be amiable. He was also able to learn from his mistakes. For example, the creature realized that he needed to stop stealing the family’s supplies after he noticed how much they needed them. Victor, however, didn’t learn from his mistake of creating the monster, and created another. The monster also refers to the family in the cabin as “[his] friends” when they didn’t know of his existence (103).
“If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us” Adlai E. Stevenson. The politician explains his perception of creativity in this quote along with its connection to ambition by relating determination and faith to the discovery of knowledge. He believes that nothing can restrict our drive to seek information when one entirely devotes himself to the pursuit. Similarly, in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein, Robert Walton, and the creature all attempt to acquire arcane knowledge at any and all costs. Their ambition drives them to take risks and even put the lives of themselves and others on the line.
Frankenstein and Paradise Lost: The evil of seeking forbidden knowledge. The pursuit of knowledge can have both beneficial and harmful outcomes. However, the texts; Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and John Milton’s Paradise Lost, tell about the negative effects of trying to be God and learning things that mortals are not meant to know. The theme of seeking knowledge is explored in both Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and John Milton’s Paradise Lost and the consequences of this pursuit are portrayed as disastrous and dangerous.
Victor creates the Creature, but there are many situations throughout the novel where the Monster displays as the victim. He seeks love from different people, but everyone treats him bad. His anger towards his father drives him to kill Victor’s family. The Monster later feels devastated for the murders he commits. All the monster wants is love.
Victor is very proud of his work and how well together it all came together. Although, even though the monster was not alive yet, Victor still perceived his creation as innocent and of odd beauty. Then everything changed once the monster was given life. That beauty was thrown under the bus and so was that innocence. The monster was now seen as evil, just because his outer appearance was ugly.
