Victor Frankenstein dedicated all the aspects of his life into constructing the creature, as his time, health, communication with his family and friends, and any other connection with the outside world that he had to give away. Victor became totally involved to the project “I was yet engaged in my laboratory (Shelley 18),” he said. And also, he committed himself to not stop any of these behaviors until he was finished with the being’s formation. Once Victor discovered the essence and origin of life, he decided to create a human being that would owe its existence to him. He resolved “to make the being of a gigantic stature, that is to say, about eight feet in height, and proportionably large (Shelley 19). He began his project after he determined himself and collected the necessary materials. As he collected bones from morgues, he found himself disturbed with the secrets of human structure. Victor was full of confidence and knowledge of …show more content…
He worked very hard, as he states, to conclude his project into a living being. And once he finished and gave life to the creature, the responsibility of it was his. If Victor detested his decision of making the being once he contemplated and observed it, it wasn’t reason enough to ignore the fact that he was the reason of that monster to exist. He accepted his occurrence, he says that once it got up and was able to walk towards him, “I took refuge in the courtyard belonging to the house which I inhabited, where I remained during the rest of the night, walking up and down in the greatest agitation, listening attentively, catching and fearing each sound as if it were to announce approach of the demoniacal corpse have conceived” (Shelley 21), but he didn’t realize before leaving the monster alone, what was it capable of, or if it was dangerous. Even he says, “Oh! No mortal could support the horror of that countenance” (Shelley