Victor Frankenstein Selfish Quotes

Firstly, Victor Frankenstein had treated his creation abusively, which created his sense of being unwanted and lonely. There are many examples of this showcased throughout the story, such as,"Devil," I exclaimed, "do you dare approach me? And do not you fear the fierce vengeance of my arm wreaked on your miserable head? Begone, vile insect! Or rather, stay, that I may trample you to dust! And, oh! That I could, with the extinction of your miserable existence, restore those victims whom you have so diabolically murdered!" From the small section of information, we can clearly see the harsh words such as,”vile insect,” and,”devil.” We can also see the selfishness associated with Victor, as he takes almost zero responsibility for his actions, and blames it all on the monster.This may have angered the monster, reinforcing the fact about how ugly he is and about how nobody wants to be friends with him.

In the introduction, it states,“The most important property of humankind is the capacity to form and maintain relationships. These relationships are absolutely necessary for any of us to survive, learn, work, love, and procreate.” We can clearly see they emphasize the importance associated with the ability to form and maintain relationships, talking about how it could affect the way we learn, work, and even love! From my first example, we can see that his creation was lacking this from Victor Frankenstein, and thus made him violent and unloved. Other than Victor being a bad creator, we can definitely call him a bad father figure or caretaker. Another example of Victor being abusive can be found in the book itself. On page (need to find page number for quote), it states,”I took every precaution to defend my person in case the fiend should openly attack