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Victor is to be blamed for numerous incidents throughout the story. First, Victor is to blame because of his desire to create life. If it wasn’t for his desire, he would have never created the monster. Second, Victor is to blame because he abandoned his monster because he got so scared of his unpleasant appearance. If Victor spent a little bit of time with the monster and taught him the correct behavior for life, then maybe the monster wouldn’t have been so unstable.
When it came to his physiological needs, Victor does not provide a healthy environment for the monster because he doesn’t nurture him. This is something in the story that was odd because as a child growing up, Victor was loved by his family and never treated in a neglectful way. “No human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself” (Ch. 2). Next, Victor doesn’t provide protection or safety for the monster. In fact, it is the complete opposite because the monster is deserted by Victor and there is no one to protect him.
The series of horrific events linked to the monster’s existence can all be traced back to Frankenstein’s abandonment of his creation at the start of the story. In reality The Creature only followed its natural instincts of seeking revenge after being rejected by society. Perhaps if Victor took responsibility and considered the ethical side of his experiment the monster would never have become a source of destruction. What’s interesting is that according to an article written for psychology today, for people to be able to take responsibility for their mistakes, they need to first believe that they are able to change as a person. It is possible that Victor was so consumed by his goal that he didn’t see the immorality of it and therefore didn’t feel the need to change.
Victor Frankenstein, is at fault for the creature’s actions. Victor was looking for some honor and triumph, but when he accomplished his experiment, not only did it bring terror to Victor, but to the whole world. The monster never learned right from wrong and was never raised correctly, his first moment of life, all he experienced was the fear in Victor's emotion, and was abandoned right from the start. Victor selfishly isolated himself from society and ran away from his responsibilities which caused destruction to the people Victor cared for and loved deeply. The creature was known as a monster and was doomed due to his appearance.
The monster points out that “you accuse me of murder, and yet you would, with a satisfied conscience, destroy your own creature” (Shelley 88). It’s easy to blame the monster for all of this, and it may look like that on the outside because he actually murdered the people but Victor has equal responsibility. Victor his creator abandoned him and left him alone in the world. The melancholy and lonely monster realized “ he too can create desolation”
They are both cursed by each other because they feel indicted to the other. The monster feels an obligation to the creator that brought him to life, but Victor cursed his creation with his own disturbing soul. Also, as the monster’s creator, Victor is an egocentric person, who cares only about himself. Whenever he does something for someone, he does it to his own advantage rather than having noble intentions. He also feels that he owns certain rights such as the right to create life, and he does not share much detailed information at all regarding anyone unless he is required to.
Most people are more inclined to feel sorry for things less fortunate than them. Victor’s monster is no exception. He was brought into this world with no one. The reader feels sympathetic to his loneliness in life, simple innocence, and skewed understanding of the world. Victor made a rash decision when he created his monster.
Victor 's excitement and thirst for knowledge does not intend to bring negativity to the world. When Victor was first creating the monster, he did not know what was to come from his studies; he just wanted to be able to prove that life could be restored through an inanimate object. In addition, the monster is the one to leave Victor 's apartment on his own and because of this he developes his own state of mind. The monster 's pessimistic way of thinking and manslaughter behaviours are not Victor 's responsibility because of the fact that Victor is his creator. Victor did not give birth to the monster and give him the intuition to kill but instead he gives him the beautiful girft of life.
Victor dies and the creature weeps over his body, saying “But when I discovered that he, the author of my existence, sought his own enjoyment in feelings and passions from the indulgence of which I was forever barred, then impotent envy and bitter indignation filled me with an insatiable thirst for vengeance (190)”. This shows that he made Victor miserable just because he couldn’t be happy. The creature is a monster because he makes others unhappy because he is unhappy. That is definitely something a monster would
On page 115, after the monster has killed William and framed Justine, the monster tells Victor, "I am malicious because I am miserable. You, my creator, would tear me to pieces and destroy my fame, the work of your own hands." The monster reveals the reason for his crimes and why he wants to destroy him. Furthermore, the creature also reveals that the reasons for his actions are because of how society treated him. After that, the monster then asks Victor to create another monster for him as a companion so he is not
Why? You ask, why in the world would Victor be responsible for a monster’s actions. Well I’ll tell you. First off the monster whether you want to admit it or not was much like a child. And of course every mother knows a child just can not grow up without guidance.
Victor creates the Creature, but there are many situations throughout the novel where the Monster displays as the victim. He seeks love from different people, but everyone treats him bad. His anger towards his father drives him to kill Victor’s family. The Monster later feels devastated for the murders he commits. All the monster wants is love.
The monster was deserted without an advocate to speak for him, as his appearance would not allow him the opportunity to be heard. Despite the monsters revolting appearance he still manages to display many human characteristics such as compassion, love, and intelligence. Victor is both guilty of negligence and the murders, as he did not guide his creation is the ways a creator
The monsters revenge on Frankenstein, drives him too to be full of hatred and need for vengeance because he destroyed everything good in his life. He feels as the death of his loved ones is his fault because he is the one that created the horrid creature in the first place (Brackett). “As time passed away I became more calm; misery had her dwelling in my heart, but I no longer talked in the same incoherent manner of my own crimes; sufficient for me was the consciousness of them” (Shelley 158). The monster wanted Victor to feel the same thing as him, lonely and sadness. The monsters revenge works, Victor becomes rejected by people and has nobody but himself.
Throughout the novel Victor and the Monster come across many relatable situations that they are forced to overcome. Victor Frankenstein had a very happy childhood, and he describes his parents as being “possessed by the very creature of kindness and indulgence”. Although Victor had a very happy childhood, these characteristics do not seem like the foundation of good moral character. Similarly Victor’s monster was not raised with the foundation of a good moral character. When the monster was first created he possessed more strength than he knew what to do with.
