What Is Victor's Harsh Attitude Toward The Actions Of Children In Frankenstein

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, displays throughout the novel, that the parents and guardians should be held accountable for the actions of their children. Mary uses Victor's creation as a center of attention to display the outcomes of neglect and abandonment and the impact of those actions on their priorities. As one neglects and abandons their child, the one being neglected becomes socially awkward and ignorant of society's norms.

In the novel, Mary uses imagery to display Victor's harsh attitude toward the creation. At the beginning of volume 2, Victor and the creation meet at the top of a mountaintop overlooking an Icey lake. When they encounter each other, Victor portrays a sense of disrespect and rudeness towards his creation. The creation

Their child's choices are not an act of attention but an act of being young and not informed on society's norms. Although the kids commit acts of violence or harm, the parents or guardians should teach and emphasize the importance of being socially acceptable. In the novel Frankenstein, Victor, the guardian and creator of the monster, never taught or guided the creation to socially acceptable normals in the world standards. At the end of the novel, Victor examines his choices and feels a sense of responsibility and guilt. Victor feels guilt for neglecting his creation and not guiding him through his life “After the murder of Clerval, I returned to Switzerland, heartbroken and overcame. I pity Frankenstein; my pity amounted to horror: I abhorred myself” (p.169). This quote shows how a parent's actions can influence their child's actions and they should be held accountable for them as it is their responsibility to guide and teach them society's standards. Victor felt a sense of guilt as it was his job to teach his creation to not kill but to love and guilt for the death of his loved ones, whose deaths resulted from his