Self-Satisfaction In Frankenstein

In Mary Shelley’s book, titled Frankenstein, there is much debate about whether the creator, Victor, is the true monster or if the creature itself is, but the self-satisfaction sought by both beings is what leads to their irrational behavior and destructive actions, and therefore could be interpreted as the true monster of the story. To begin with, Victor created the monster under a strong fervor that didn’t allow him to rest. He explains that his original intentions were to help better his fellow human beings and their lives, but as he delves deeper into his creation and experiment, he begins to have visions of a beautiful man, who would woo almost all as a creation of wonder. At this point, Victor is no longer thinking about how this creation will be help mankind, but how he can

Eventually, he became dissatisfied with wandering on his own and being rejected by other living beings so he returns to his creator and demands, not asks, the man to create him a companion, a wife of his own likeness. For months, the monster follows Victor to watch his progress and ensure that he continues with the project. He follows the man over countryside, through deserts and woods, and even across the English Channel, just to make sure that his loneliness would be quenched through this being whom Victor was to create. When Victor failed to follow through with the project, the monster turned his ideals and thoughts away from simply living in an isolated world with another of his kind to dragging Victor down into the anguish that the monster itself feels. From that point on, he continues killing and slowly drawing Victor into anguish with the deaths of the scientist’s love ones like Henry Clerval and Elizabeth. This continues until Victor decides to find and end the monster