Who Is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein?

Science is a broad field that covers many aspects of everyday life and existence. Some areas of science include the study of the universe, the environment, and animals. Another science is the study of people and how they function. In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Dr. Victor Frankenstein is a scientist who studies the dead. He wants to be the first person to give life, without giving birth. He spends all of his time concentrating on this goal, and gives up his family and friends. When he accomplishes this, everything falls apart. Victor Frankenstein is to blame for the tragedy, not the monster he has created, because he is the mastermind behind the whole operation, and he is supposed to have everything under control, working properly as

His obsessions which first lead him to create a being were linked to insanity and he was not in his right mind. The rational Victor was dormant while he worked to create his “masterpiece”. “How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom whit such infinite pains and care I had endeavored to form?”(60). Victors purpose was to create something beauty, but instead he created something disgusting. Though his hair was a luxutours black, and his teeth pearly white, the rest of his body was a more horrid contrast. “His shriveled complexion and straight black lips” (60). When he finally saw what he created, he ran from it and the idea of the monster, as though pretending it didn't exist. Instead of accepting and loving what he has created he runs away and abandons it. Not only was victor horrified of his creation, he does not know how to love it. Victor being a man does not know how to love and raise a child. Men are in the public sphere unlike women who are part of the domestic sphere. Victor is not capable of teaching and train this being he'd created. As a child learns right and wrong, this being should have been taught by his "father," Victor. Not only did he turn from his duty, he rejected the being he'd made. He had shunned his “child”. This creature wasn't evil from the start but more of a blank slate. Unfortunately, Victor's rejection started him off on the wrong

He also adds, "Winter, spring and summer passed...so deeply was I engrossed in my occupation" (60). By spending most of his time inside on his experiment, never going out, but mostly worrying about his success, he has got himself crazier. This has made him lose sight of his surroundings and judgment and lose control over his experiment. He is to blame for the destruction caused by the monster he has created. The monster should not be held responsible for killing Victor's family members and friends, because it is Victor who has brought a dead creature back to life. He expects the monster to know everything when he but when the monster is awakened, he does not know anything. He sees a world that he does not know which makes him scared, and act out in a way that he feels is the only way, but it is not his fault. The monster is confused, lost and alone. With the birth of life, the monster has to learn about his new environment. He has to teach himself how to