In Mary Shelley 's great debut novel, Frankenstein, the main character, Victor Frankenstein, is so vigorous on bringing the dead back to life that he creates a creature accomplishing his task. Throughout the two years that it took Victor to create his "son," Victor was extremely devoted to his work and there was no night he would not make an improvement in his creation. But on that November night he gave life to his creature, Victor 's enthusiasm drastically changed. In fact, once the horribly looking monster opened his eyes, Victor ran to seek cover. The following years, the creature taught and lived completely by himself without the warmth of a family. Over time, Shelley 's audience has argued over the idea if Victor 's monster was a human being or not. Without a doubt, the creature shows many human traits that would consider him a human-like having ambitions and being able to express human emotions. Not to mention, the creature just like any other human being had determined ambitions and was willing to do anything for them. More specifically, the creature was ambitious for love and partnership from someone that would forever love him. The creature explicitly stated, "The love of another will destroy the cause of my crimes. My vices are children of a forced solitude that I abhor; and my virtues will necessarily arise when I live in communion with and equal." (page 117). In other words, the creature 's ambition for affection forced him to commit crimes because he was