Theme Of Control In Frankenstein

The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelly contains a multitude of thoroughly developed central themes. The themes of responsibility and control are prevalent throughout the novel, but not the most important. The Monster is brought into the world by the will of his creator and across many situations, becomes a dark entity. The Monster methodically takes every loved one from his creator until Victor understands his pain and suffering. The greatest themes found within Frankenstein are the themes of retribution and vengeance.
Mary Shelly first introduces the monster as a horrid creature of Victor's imagination. Victor isolates himself at university after the tragic passing of his mother. Once in Igolstandt, Victor ferociously attacks his studies in

At the end of his story, The Monster gives Victor a proposition. The Monster requests a female companion to be able to keep him company and let him experience something he has yet to feel from any member of society, love. “My vices are the children of a forced solitude that I abhor, and my virtues will necessarily arise when I live in communion with an equal. I shall feel the affections of a sensitive being and become linked to the chain of existence and events from which I am now excluded”(Shelly, Chapter 17). Victor denies The Monster his request at first, but after The Monster appeals to Victor’s sense of responsibility as his creator and promises to flee to South America and stay hidden from society, he finally

While working on the 2nd monster, Victor starts to ponder what may happen as a result of meeting his monster's request. “I was now about to form another being, of whose dispositions I was alike ignorant; she might become ten thousand times more malignant than her mate and delight, for its own sake, in murder and wretchedness”(Shelly, Chapter 20). As if by fate, The Monster appears in the window of his makeshift laboratory and grins at Victor. Every emotion Victor has felt through the ordeal with The Monster flooded back to him. With all of the sadness, anger, and guilt fresh in his memory, he decides that he can not risk creating a race of devils on earth. The wretch saw me destroy The Monster on whose future existence he depended for happiness, and with a howl of devilish despair and revenge, withdrew” (Shelly, Chapter 20). Victor then retreats to his apartment, to discover The Monster waiting for him. The Monster attempts to force Victor to create his companion by calling Victor his slave. Victor, who had already sworn off creating another creature similar to The Monster, makes a point of his actions being the reason why he will not create another. The Monster tries one final time to appeal to Victor’s humility again. “Shall each man,” cried he, “find a wife for his bosom, and each beast have his mate, and I be alone? (Shelly, Chapter 20)” The Monster, who has now lost his last