Victor And His Creature In Frankenstein By Mary Shelley

“More Miserable than man ever was before..”(Shelley 217). In Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, two characters are Victor and his creature. An intelligent man, Victor wanted to bring the dead back to life. His experiment to complete this goal resulted in a vile creature who later became a demon in his life. Since his creature was unpleasant-looking, Victor ran away from him and went back home to Geneva. The creature was abandoned but later found a home in a cottager’s den, where he learned how to read, write, and speak. He was then able to read the journal he took from Victor’s lab and dedicated himself to looking for his creator. As the story progresses, the creature makes Victor as miserable as him, leading them to nature, where they feel

The creature, since birth, has always been alone and miserable. He blamed his creator, Victor, for his depressing life, so he wanted revenge so Victor could feel what he felt. “Felix darted forward, and with supernatural force tore me from his father, to whose knees I clung..”(Shelley 137). As the creature spent time watching the cottagers, who at the time were the only family he knew, he believed it was time to make his presence known, but he later was kicked out by them and was then alone again. “...torn by remorse, horror, and despair, I beheld those I loved to spend vain sorrow upon the graves of William and Justine, the first hapless victims to my unhallowed arts.”(Shelley 90). Victor knew who the murderer was but could not Martinez 2 blame the creature, for he would be called crazy, and no one would believe him. These two deaths weighed him with his guilt and grief. “While I still hung over her in the agony of despair.”(Shelley 200). When the creature killed Elizabeth, Victor’s love, Victor felt so guilty and miserable, for he had no one, no more loved ones. As Victor and his creature faced tragic events, they turned to nature, where they could face their

What a miserable night I passed! The cold stars shone in mockery, and the bare trees waved their branches above me…”(Shelley 138). After the creature was cast out by the cottagers, whom he loved so much, he went to the woods, where he learned how to survive on his own and without facing humans; since he was alone with nature, he began to feel grateful for nature. “ But the fresh air and bright sun seldom failed to restore me to some degree of composure; and, on my return, I met the salutations of my friends with a readier smile and a more cheerful heart.”(Shelley 156). Victor felt guilty for his brother William’s death because he knew it was his creature who killed him. He turned to nature to talk to himself about his feelings and analyzed how to capture the creature so he could avoid any more deaths. “ These were wild and miserable thoughts, but I cannot describe how the eternal twinkling of the stars weighed upon me”(Shelley 151). When it was just Victor and nature, he became very emotional. Although he felt at peace with himself, his mind made him go crazy. As Victor starts to feel as miserable as his creature, their relationship grows with hate. As the novel goes on, the creature and Victor become strangers to