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Moral Ambiguity In Frankenstein

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Rarely are we purely good or purely evil and the same goes for many characters in literature whose complexities are often used to establish and develop a meaning of the work as a whole. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the protagonist, Victor Frankenstein’s creation is at the heart of the novel being the origin of every plot point and proves to be the most morally ambiguous character. The creature’s moral ambiguity, especially in regards to social interaction, works towards revealing that without proper guidance, we are prone to imperfection. With absolutely no instruction or education from his creator, the creature runs into the wild blind to what he may encounter being as ugly as he is and how to go about these foreign circumstances. His
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