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Is Victor Frankenstein Like God Research Paper

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Zachary Tew Miss Sibbach Honors English IV 11 December, 2015 Is Victor Frankenstein Like God? In Frankenstein Victor plays the role of God with the creation of the creature. Victor studies for years about the dead to see how new life works. He creates life from the dead with his studies of electricity. Victor creates life but does not support the creature or teach it how to become civilized which causes death to one's Victor love. The making of Creature is an unlikely scenario because in Christian beliefs only God can create life. At the age fifteen Victor made a discovery that changed his life. He saw how lightning has the power of destruction when a huge tree around his house is demolished by a lightning strike. After seeing this it confirms …show more content…

When Victor arrived to the gates of the city, they are closed for that night and in between the lightning strike he saw a glimpse of the monster. He realizes that it had been two years since he had last seen his terrible creation. It came to him after that his creation had strangled his little brother. Victor knowing Creature killed his brother still does not reveal the source of the crime to the justice system, because he did not want it to fall back on him that he created this monster. He later learns that Justine now accused of the murder of little William. Justine gets prosecuted and killed because Victor too scared keeps his mouth shut than to reveal his creation than to save an innocent …show more content…

“Victor sets about his work, creating a second female monster. After following Victor and Henry through mainland Europe and England, the monster comes near Victor's workshop in Scotland to see his mate. In a fit of anger and guilt, Victor destroys the half-finished creation in front of the monster and tells the monster he will not continue. The threat the monster makes an ominous one: “I shall be with you on your wedding-night." The monster then disappears into the night.”(Glance) Victor agrees to and gathers all the parts to complete this action, and when he almost done and about to bring her to life Victor refuses. Victor told the Creature that he will not create another being such as him. Victor disposes of the body parts into the ocean. This makes the creature upset and storm away, When Victor returns to one of the islands. He gets brought in and blamed for a murder on the beach. Victor soon finds out that the man Henry Clerval his best friend, and the same hand marks are around his neck just like on his little brother William. This leading to the fact that the creature had striked again out of anger and killed his best friend. Victor's father comes and bails him out and proves his innocence, his father then gave him a letter from Elizabeth. Saying she was wanting to know if Victor wanted to settle down with

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Victor’s abandonment causes him to have to face the consequences of his greed for creating life, for after he abandons the creature bad things start to happen to him. An example of this is the death of William, Victor’s younger brother. The creature “grasped his throat to silence him, and in a moment he lay dead” (134). The creature uses his strength to harm people Victor loved, forcing Victor to have to face the consequences of his corruption and belief that he could defy God and create a new race. The creature continues with his path and murders Victor’s long-time friend Henry Clerval (171).

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Later on Justine is accused of a killing victor’s brother and she didn’t do it so she goes through a trial and they decide to kill her. At the end the monster kills Victor’s wife named Elizabeth because he is angry that victor wouldn’t create a companion for him. The monster learns to speak and read from the people. He would listen to them speak and he would watch them all day. He later began to understand what they were saying.

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He eventually gets it to come alive and it scares him so much that he leaves his apartment. Henry shows up and they go back to the apartment, but the monster is gone. Victor then becomes sick thinking about his family and the monster. A letter comes from Elizabeth that makes Victor feel better.

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Master to Misery In the fictional novel, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, there is a main character named Victor. Victor had a vision of creating life in an inanimate object. He succeeded at creating life, but throughout the novel he was slowly pushed out of the role of the master. There are a few things that contribute to Victor being under authority rather than being the authority.

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Victor would stop at nothing to finish his project and became so obsessed that he was isolated from his family and friends. His way of collecting lifeless matter for his creation is unethical and morally wrong. Eventually, he is punished for his actions: “I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body.” (pg.56) Additionally, extreme devotion to the building of his creation caused Victor mental distress due to the fact that he neglected his own needs in order to work exclusively on the creature: “I had deprived myself of rest and health.”

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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.

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At what point does the price of secrecy become too high to pay? In most cases, secrets destroy relationships and lives. However, a kept secret can be to the benefit of others in certain situations. In Mary Shelley’s, Frankenstein, Victor believes he is doing exactly that for his family when he keeps the monster a secret. In addition to that, Victor is also trying to protect himself from the opinions of everyone around him.

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God is an unachievable status that is manifested within human existence. Religion and its Gods are controversial due to differences in beliefs; yet, there is still a certain basis at which God can be discussed. In analyzing a figure such as God, many key characteristics can be identified in numerous books of both the old and new Christian testaments. God, as the highest order of ontological theory, has the power to create life and serves to be the supreme guide to his creations. In a somewhat aligning interest, Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, studies and utilizes natural philosophy, or chemistry, to resurrect inanimate body parts into a towering creature, creating a life form who is then isolated and victimized as a murderous

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A writer named Nikita Gill once said “When you see a monster next, always remember this. Do not fear the thing before you. Fear the thing that created it instead.” This quote can be related to the novel Frankenstein where instead of the actual creature being perceived as the monster, the person who created it deserves to be called one. Using the archetypal lens, Victor can be seen as the real monster in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein from his cruel characteristics, continuous patterns of monstrosity, as well as symbols and themes involving nature.

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Is Victor the Ruling God? One does not simply “play God” in this world, that role is more than just a dress up and act thing. Many people say that Victor in the novel Frankenstein tries to “play God” which is absolutely true. As the novel progresses the characteristics of the creator “playing God” become more obvious to the eye of the reader. Victor “plays the Lord” when he creates the creature, when he decides what to do with the orders of the creature, and when the monster creates the connection when reading the book Paradise Lost.

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The Creation promptly approaches Victor with a request for a companion and utilizes his sob story to convince Victor. Victor answers in agreement, stating, “...I concluded that the justice due both to him and my fellow creatures demanded of me that I should comply with jos request” (159). It illustrates the Creature's ability to take advantage of Victor’s guilt while also showing Victor’s mental health growing extensively vulnerable as he continues to withhold information of the Creation’s existence. In preparations for creating the Creation’s companion, Victor goes overseas, accompanied by his friend, Henry Clerval. However, Victor comes to understand the underlying implications of creating another creation.

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Victor is almost finished with the companion and as he looks at it he states he begins “trembling with passion” and “tore to pieces the thing on which [he] was engaged (Shelley, 154).” The creature then seeks out Victor and says, “‘I have endured incalculable fatigue, and cold, and hunger; do you dare destroy my hopes? (Shelley, 155)’” Victor and the creature resemble a parent taking away an item that makes the child happy. The child (creature) then asks the parent (Victor) why the parent doesn’t wish their child to be happy because said item is the only thing that bring joy to the child.

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Victor is petrifies by the thought of his creation. He is even more terrified that Henry might discover his existence. victor is horrified to the level where the only concern on his mind is the ‘Monster’ and keeping it a secret, although he is sick. Vicor is so worried about keeping the monster a secret that he won’t concern himself about Henry’s troubles It is relevant to the book as a whole due to the constant and repetitive secrecy of the monster from others leading Victor to avoid anyone’s thoughts and concerns about him, leading himself to feel lonely and only worried about his creation. Victor conceals the monster’s existence a secret from anyone around him by making up lies and excuses.

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In the beginning, Victor reveals his timidity towards occurring disasters. When the creature comes to life, Victor realizes that it is grotesque and describes, “I rushed out of the room and continued a long time traversing my bedchamber, unable to compose my mind to sleep” (42). Upon realizing the unfortunate turnout of the creation, Victor avoids confronting his fault by hurrying off and hiding in his bedroom. Accordingly, Victor is unable to control his creation. When the creature leaves after threatening Victor about a tragedy on his wedding night, Victor asks himself, “Why had I not followed him and closed with him in mortal strife?”

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