Who Is Victor A Victim In Frankenstein

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When you're created without permission are the acts that you commit legitimately your fault, or is it the person who created you? Frankenstein follows Victor Frankenstein who tells his story of creating the creature, who is known as the most destructive character in this novel as he essentially kills almost every character. He was created then unloved, he can't keep connections due to the past, and he is blamed for everything. The creature, although assumed guilty, is the true victim in Frankenstein after constantly suffering the blitting and avoidance of almost everyone throughout this story. Intending to achieve a scientific triumph, Victor set out to create the creature for a sense of achievement and to be remembered. The creature was made up out of many dead bodies dug out of the graveyard, stitched together then electrocuted. With that in mind, the creature had yellow skin and stitches all over his face and body, so he did not look like everyone else did. Thus, he was judged because he was so different from what …show more content…

Victor felt guilty for these murders to the point where he confessed to them at one point in the novel. He placed so much blame on the creature, so no one would forgive the creature after all the blame.“All men hate the wretched; how, then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things!’ Victor is saying that everyone hates the creature meaning that everyone also hates Victor because he is the one that created the issue. Although Victor might seem self aware he still continues to blame the creature for the murders and he hunts after the creature to kill him during the entire novel. He built up such a hatred for himself because of what he created but would not admit that he was the issue. Not only did Victor blame the creature, many of Victor's family members abided with Victor and also shunned the creature after the murder of William got blamed on Justine the