Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein openly propounds the co-existence of good and evil that yields to inexorable carnage and unrelenting revenge. A maniacal devotion to reason makes Victor the true antagonist of the novel and therefore the real villain in Frankenstein. Victor’s ability to create a life out of lifeless matter unbounded the pious, circumscribed view of God as the creator. Nevertheless, this infringement of propriety leads Victor down a path of revenge, which ultimately sets forth his destruction. Lastly, Victor and the monster are two aspects of the same person.
The word creation emphatically implies that there is a creator. This view is static and impossible to augment. Additionally, it’s a common conception that all life is created
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In other words, Victor is not the victim but the villain. Most of his loved ones are murdered by the conclusion of the novel, who include the following: William, Clerval, and Elizabeth. I dare not to include Justine Mortiz, who is the family servant. Because Victor doesn’t want to save her life. His reasoning is impermissible, but he makes an entirely autonomous decision. In contrast, during his childhood, Victor was governed by social rules and family expectations. Victor states, “No youth could have passed more happily than mine. My parents were indulgent, and my companions amiable … we always had an end placed in view”. There is a certain false myopic idealism present in the statement. In fact, most of Victor’s intents are impulsive and irrational without “an end placed in view”. For instance, Victor is shocked and appalled by his creation since he didn’t follow a scientific method. He rushes headlong towards a preconceived solution. Indeed, Victor’s supposedly indulgent childhood isn’t too often vented upon by Victor, yet it’s the origin of his maniacal devotion to reason. Moreover, the literal monster, Victor’s creation, is brought to evil by experience and civilization. Prior to his cold and unsympathetic experiences, the monster is full of moral sensibility and not one-dimensional. The monsters states to Walton, “For, while I destroyed… [Victor’s] hopes, I did not satisfy my own desires. They were forever ardent and craving; still I desired love and fellowship, and I was still spurned.” The approval of others is the ultimate stimulus to the monster, yet society including Victor continually “spurn” it. The cause of its ostracism is its most hideous appearance. Percy Bysshe Shelley stated in regard to ostracism, “Treat a person ill, and he will become wicked." This is the only explanation for the monster’s disgust of moral values. Also, the monster didn’t have a family – only Victor – due to the alienation