Is Victor Frankenstein Like God Research Paper

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

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

“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