The Monster In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

The story of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a rather grotesque tale, written in the 1800s. The story follows a man Victor Frankenstein, through his creation of a monster. When the novel begins Victor is picked up by a ship and taken on board because he is near death. While he is on board he tells the story about how he created his monster. He creates the monster and falls terribly ill because he is appalled at what he has done. When Victor has recovered he goes home to his family to find that William has been murdered. Victor knew his monster did it, but instead of speaking up he lets Justiene take the fall. At this point two innocent lives have been taken by the monster so Victor goes on vacation to get away from it all. The monster finds him and demands a wife to be

Victor refuses, but eventually starts to make her. However, he cannot stand bringing another terrible monster into the world so he dumps the body parts into a lake. Victor is blown ashore to an unknown island, when he gets there he learns one of his friends was murdered and he is being charged with the murder. Victor goes home to get married, when his bride is suddenly murdered by the monster. Victor heads north to track down the monster and he dies shortly after. Robert Walton continues the story through letters. Walton later runs into the monster and assures him Victor is dead. The monster heads north to die. Throughout the novel Victor learns many things that include; taking responsibility for his actions, and to think his actions through. For much of the novel Victor denies responsibility in any way, he would much rather blame his actions on others. “the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart… I rushed out of the room” (pg. 42) From the beginning Victor is excited to create