Sacrifice In Frankenstein

Society views those who are aesthetically pleasing in a positive way and those who are less pleasant to the eye are immediately judged in a negative way. In the novel Frankenstein, author Mary Shelley shares the comparison between Victor’s actions and how a man should not sacrifice his humanity in the pursuit of knowledge. Mary gives us many examples as to when Victor did not remain engaged in the real world and how that backfired. Victor’s creation slaughters his cousin, younger brother, and best friend. Victor’s actions become the characteristics of a monster to which he kills the monster’s potential mate and causes the death of the most important people to Victor.
Victor creates the monster and neglects his entire family during this process.

Victor was “taken into the room where the body lay for interment.” (156). As he’s looking at his best friend’s remains, he begins to break down emotionally to the point where he was carried out of the examination room. Throughout a span of two months, Victor lies in an insanity of fever followed by confusion. He convinces himself that he is a murderer which results in often images of the monster going after him next. Since Mr. Kirwin let him see Henry’s corpse it brought him to understand that “two [he] has already destroyed; other victims await their destiny.” (157). Victor feels even worse by now about creating the monster that he knows it will most likely just continue. As these deaths occur to his loved ones, Victor is getting more and more emotionally unstable. Being taken into a room with the remains of your best friend is a sensitive time to which would never happen if remained in the real

It was only after the monster was repeatedly abused and rejected by humans when the monster made the choices to commit murder. To ease his pain, he agrees to create a companion for him. Victor at first spurns, but the creature's lucid persuasion convince him to fulfill upon his request. Victor goes through with his promise, but once the female monster is created, he panics, and in horror at what he has done, he destroys her, leaving the monster alone once again. It is this action that drives the monster to vow revenge on Victor, and chase him to Arctic. This ties in with how Victor should not have sacrificed his humanity in the pursuit of knowledge. Knowing too much is not always a good thing to which in the end messed with God’s plans.
Elizabeth was Victor’s cousin, but also soon to be wife. On the wedding night of Elizabeth and Victor, Elizabeth dies when the monster decides to act upon getting revenge on Victor. This only caused Victor to break down even more. Tortured by indescribable grief, Victor blazes his pistol but unfortunately the creature eludes him.
In the end, Victor learns that he should not have surrendered mankind nor messed with human nature. He kills the monster’s potential mate in which he fears its creation will demolish its humanity. Therefore, Victor himself is afraid of what he is capable of. When Victor got out of control with his knowledge, he ended