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Similarities Between Victor And Frankenstein

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Frankenstein, a book about a man and a monster both made initially to contrast each other. But what happens when I show you the similarities between the monster and Frankenstein himself? And why, they are in basic and intricate ways, one in the same. Either by loneliness, isolation, playing god, or just being intelligent. These two characters are not just a part of the main Frankenstein allegory, but of something different. Putting the story in a situated ironic state, because when you expect Victor and his monster to be made out as opposites, they may just be the same. One of the main key points in Frankenstein is explicitly, constantly, pointing out how lonely and isolated the monster is, and in some ways how he yearns for a family he …show more content…

And as we should see, the monster and Victor Frankenstein are the same in even basic ways. They are both very intelligent men (and monster) and are both capable of love and hatred. “He is incredibly intelligent, first in an instinctive and later in an intellectual way, and quite a fast learner, too.”(Kokotz, 14) This quote from a Frankenstein’s Failure essay called “You are my creator, but I am your master” further enforces this idea of the creature being intelligent. Though the monster does learn English quite quickly and has a deeper understanding of things, his intelligence is rivaled from that of his creator himself, who created life. Both Victor and his monster are also the same do to some of their deeper capabilities, such as being capable of love and hatred. As Victor manages to always be thinking about, and plotting revenge to kill the monster, he gets married to his …show more content…

Something you also may not know is that Victor and his monster are both the same in their actions. Because in two different ways, they both play god. So how do these two characters play god? Well as Victor Frankenstein makes life, his monster takes life. This can even show deeper similarities between the two because not only do they both play god and do things they should not, but in the end they both even find guilt and emotional harm in their actions. Showing that their emotions sometimes even match. “But it is true that I am a wretch. I have murdered

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