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Theme Of Responsibility In Frankenstein

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In the novel Frankenstein, after bringing the creature to life and being disgusted by him Victor then leaves the beast with no hesitation and forgets all about him until the deaths of those he cares about was being caused by his creature and his lack of responsibility. When Henry came to visit Victor, they were both heading to Victor’s apartment but then Victor realized that the creature might still be in his room he took a step into his room with fear “ The apartment was empty, and my bedroom was also freed from it, hideous guest. I couldn’t believe that so great a good fortune could have befallen me; but when I became assured that my enemy had indeed fled, I clapped my hands for joy and ran down Clerval.” (shelly 38) This shows how little …show more content…

This caused a lot of negative emotions to form as time progressed. The creature was surviving in the woods for a bit until he arrived at a village and with good intentions, he entered and just barely moved his foot from the entrance,” The children shrike and one of the women fainted. The whole village was triggered; some fled, while another strafe until grievously bruised by stones and many other kinds of fly projectiles weapons.” ( shelly 73 - 74) After the creature had fled from the village he found a hovel to stay at and soon enough discovered that the minuscule size hovel was owned by a small little family as time goes the creature remain hidden from the small family but would spy on them making the creature fee like he was apart of a real family. After a while, as spring came an Arabian woman had come a join their family, the family helped with teaching the Arabian women everything while also being unaware that the creature also learning from them. But soon one day the creature thought it was time to introduce himself to the family by speaking to the father first since the old man had lost the gift of vision which gave the creature a …show more content…

Do not desert me in the hour of trial!”( Shelly 96) After pleading for the father’s help but alas the blind man's children and friend arrived and were driven out of the house that his once-called “protectors” lived in. The encounters with human beings that the creatures have experienced have left the creature bruised up, sad, and depressed. Seeing how Humans were terrible creatures this left a bad taste on the creature's tongue. This erupted a new type of emotion inside the creature. He tried to be angry but he was going to try again with society and try again to be friends and humans, only for it to backfire and leave the creature just inches away from snapping. After failing to befriend the family that he once called protectors and being chased out of the cottage, the creature started to rant to himself in the woods and was slowly starting to hate humanity. But he wasn’t going to give up hope yet, so he returns to the cottage hoping there was still hope for him to befriend the family, only for reality to come chasing down on him at light speed to see that the family was leaving all because the creature was there. After leaving the creature was discomposed and provoked, and while blinded by rage he burnt down the house he once met his no longer

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