4. The blame for the events that had occurred in the book can go both ways. Victor could be the one responsible for creating the creature in chapter 5. He could also be responsible because according to book 3 chapters 1 he didn’t give the creature what it wanted; which was a female creature, which angered it enough to kill Elizabeth in chapter 6 of book 3. The creature had become more developed throughout the book, in book 2 chapters 5 when it was eavesdropping on the cottagers. It states, “I observed that the countenance of Felix was melancholy beyond expression” (Chapter 13). The creature is technically responsible for the murders; example would be killing Victor’s brother William in chapter 8 of book 2. It states, “Frankenstein! You belong then to my enemy—to him towards whom I have sworn eternal revenge; you shall be my first victim (Chapter 16).” Some of the blame could also shift to the cottagers that kicked it out of the cottage just because of it’s looks which angered it enough to question his existence and make him want to kill Victor. The creature did develop more throughout the story, which made him mature enough to sort of regret making Victor’s life horrible as it states when Walton was continuing, “he cried, with sad and solemn enthusiasm, "I shall die, and …show more content…
It was hard to tell in close detail how Mary Shelley was trying to define the term, “monster”, the creature may be generalized as a monster based off of his actions, not what he looks like. When Victor learned that he could create life, that wouldn’t exactly make him more monstrous because it may have been his curiosity that drove him to create the creature. One thing that Victor did do which was “monstrous” was allowing Justine to be committed of a crime and killed in chapter 8. Victor only does seem to care for his revenge against his own creation stating, “allow me the rest I so much desire; or must I die, and he yet live? If I do, swear to me, Walton, that he shall not escape” (Chapter