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The Real Monster In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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Frankenstein illustrates a unique storyline that focused on a scientist and his unique ideas and his ability to create an essence that would later become his undoing. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, Victor Frankenstein was a man with an advanced intellectual mind and a passion for chemistry. His main focus was on the idea of creating another human being from just science alone, making him the first of people to actually accomplish such an achievement. Unfortunately, he did not predict the consequences that came with creating another being, such as the possibility that it would not inhabit the same physical features of a human being. When the monster was created, Victor was horrified by it, causing him to become fearful and ashamed. His decision to run from the monster instead of helping it, caused the creature to become an outcast to society and forced him to face this cruel world …show more content…

After some time, this caused the creature to become very lonely, thus he later became very vengeful and angry towards Victor for creating him and then abandoning him all in the same instance. He wanted Victor to feel the pain and loneliness he felt and in order to do so, he started killing the people that surrounded Victor and made him feel loved, starting with his little brother William. The monster’s finally killing was Victor’s one and only love, Elizabeth, and when she was gone, Victor became vengeful as well, wanting to kill the monster for all he had done. So he ventured out, using forensics to his advantage he followed the clues that the monster left behind purposely for Victor to find. After some time, a desperate Victor died on this treacherous voyage, the monster started to develop other emotions like guilt and sadness for what he had done. He decided on a slow death for himself where he decided to venture further into the ice lands with no supplies and let the wind whisk him

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