Frankenstein, A novel written by Mary Shelley is about a creature that Victor Frankenstein creates and kills Frankenstein’s family. The monster gets created because Frankenstein does not care for him. Another way Frankenstein creates a monster is by not giving the creature what he wants. Victor creates a monster throughout the novel by not caring for the creature he created. In the novel it states, “Unable to endure the aspect of of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room”(Shelley 51).
In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein or the modern Prometheus Victor Frankenstein, the protagonist, displays the behavior of evil due to his nature, the reason for his natured evil is because of his will to create life and succeeds. In the evil Victor has done, he irrevocable realizes the full implications of his evil actions. “It was on a dreary night of November that I looked at my accomplishment… I saw the dull, yellow eye of the creature open.” (Shelly 53). This quote displays Victors evil, his creation of life, his thirst for knowledge, his nature, is what caused his creation of the nameless monster.
Victor Frankenstein wants this knowledge that he goes to college to study every aspect in the field. This eventually gives him the idea to create a creature who happens to obtain the same traits and flukes that Victor has in his life. “Days and nights of incredible labor and fatigue.” (4.37) Victor shows that he put a lot of energy into making his new creation. He wanted it to be perfect and spent all the time he can to make his creation unique. Once the creature was created Victor thinks to himself that he has created something no one has ever done before.
In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, one of the main characters Victor Frankenstein creates a creature in an uncertain process from his eagerness to bring death back to life. Victor worked intensely for approximately two years to accomplish his desire of creating a human being. However, after bringing the creature to life, Victor felt guilty that he had given life to a "monster". Many people may believe that the creature is not human but based on the evidence the creature is human. Two reasons the creature is human is that he has a conscious and he committed crimes out of envy and revenge.
In Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, Victor, the main character, is a scientist who creates a monster by electrocuting stitched together parts of dead humans. This monster, who Victor neglected, came back, and ruined his life by killing many of Victor’s loved ones. Although the monster kills many throughout the book, I believe that Victor is the true villain of Frankenstein. One of the reasons I believe Victor is the true villain of Frankenstein is because of his lack of compassion and nurturing for his own creation. Frankenstein abandons his creation right after he makes it, not even speaking a word to it.
In the end, Frankenstein can 't help but blame the creation. He never offers any affection towards the poor creature. All of the death and turmoil tie back to Victor and his blind ambition and fear of real responsibilities. The creature had simply had experiences that morphed his personality and drove him to terrible acts. If Frankenstein had simply taken care of the creation and gave him the correct guidance, lots of needless death could have been
All things considered, Frankenstein is a cautionary tale on the dangers of irresponsibility, Victor being matriarch. Victor exhibits his irresponsibility many times throughout the novel. His first instance of irresponsibility is shown after bring the creature to life, now only realizing: “…the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart” (59). As the result of his obsession with creating a stopped to death, he fails to realize the magnitude of what he is doing; creating a new life. However, he realizes the extent of his actions only when the creature is given life.
In Mary Shelley's renowned novel, Frankenstein, the young Victor Frankenstein pursuex his passion of creating life. When doing so, he creates a myserious creature who appears to have malicious intents throughout his spree of kills. However, upon interpreting its reason for doing so through its personal narration, the creature's decisions appear to be influenced by a nurturing aspect, as opposed to more natural behaviors, as a prominent debate in developmental psychology argues. At the beginning of chapter 11, the creature becomes familiar with a variety of its own senses. While exhibiting natural occurences throughout its personal discovery, the creature soon feels abandoned by his creator.
Victor's obsession with surpassing the limitations of humanity leads him to create the creature, but his neglect and abandonment of his creation stem from his fear of the consequences of his actions. His unchecked ambition and greed for scientific achievement ultimately led to the destruction of his loved ones and his own tragic demise. "Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world." Chapter 4) " So much has been done, exclaimed the soul of Frankenstein-more, far more, will I achieve; treading in the steps
Joyce Carol Oates states in her essay Frankenstein Fallen Angel, “…he (Victor) seems blind to the fact that is apparent to any reader – that he has loosed a fearful power into the world, whether it strikes his eye as aesthetically pleasing or not, and he must take responsibility for it.” Victor is unwilling to care for the creature, because he finds him dreadful, so he takes the easy way out and leaves the creature to take care of himself, which he is not capable of doing. Victor’s obsession to act superhuman blinded him while he was creating the creature because he had a desire to assemble the creature from makeshift parts so that the creature would be hideous and therefore inferior to Victor. The creature is formed as an ugly being so that it is easier for Victor to walk away from. Victor is willing to abandon his own creation because he views the creature as a, “… filthy mass that moved and talked” (136).
One of the most important pieces of information in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is Victor’s motivations for his work. Most notably, he desired the status that would come with his achievement. His name would be remembered in history for giving humans the ability to create life through a means other than reproduction. His work could be used to resurrect the dead and eliminate perceived imperfection in the human body. In the novel, it could easily be said that his motivation was solely focused on personal gain.
Victor Frankenstein, is at fault for the creature’s actions. Victor was looking for some honor and triumph, but when he accomplished his experiment, not only did it bring terror to Victor, but to the whole world. The monster never learned right from wrong and was never raised correctly, his first moment of life, all he experienced was the fear in Victor's emotion, and was abandoned right from the start. Victor selfishly isolated himself from society and ran away from his responsibilities which caused destruction to the people Victor cared for and loved deeply. The creature was known as a monster and was doomed due to his appearance.
Knowledge is dangerous. This timeless theme is one of the handful that Mary Shelley seasoned her classic novel Frankenstein with. Kenneth Branagh not only successfully highlights this theme but also others such as humanity and monstrosity, nature vs nurture, companionship vs loneliness, and the relationship between creator and creation in his thrilling “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.” Branagh brings Shelley’s vision to life with the aid of dramatic special effects and additional scenes for emphasis.
Frankenstein created the creature so he could manipulate the power of life, not to learn from the experience. He is so immersed in his studies, fascinated by the creation of life. He studies what the human body is made up of and how it falls apart. Victor completely disengages from the world when away at school after his mother dies of scarlet fever.
In the classic novel "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley, the true monster is not the creature that Victor Frankenstein creates, but Victor himself. A monster is not simply a hideous or terrifying being, but someone who exhibits cruelty, selfishness, and a lack of empathy towards others. Victor's obsession with creating life leads him to abandon his creation, leaving it alone and confused in a world that rejects him. An aspect to consider is Victor's ambition and pride. Right from the start, after being challenged by one of his professors, he's all about gaining knowledge and power, which eventually leads to creating the creature.
