Is Victor Responsible For His Own Destruction In Frankenstein Essay
Frankenstein
Is Victor Frankenstein a victim of circumstance, or is he responsible for his own destruction. In the early pages of the book, Victor already tells Walton and the reader that he is enticed by world and won’t give up on his dream of being successful in science, “The world was to me a secret, which I desired to discover” (Volume 1 Chapter 1 pg.20). Victor explains to Walton how he enjoyed the recollections of his childhood before hardship had soiled his mentality; he altered his future because of his obsession with Natural Philosophy, which would later lead from obsession to repugnance and the reader gets a sense of this as he narrates in and out of his story with little bits and pieces of negative words like his “misery”, or his “fate”.
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Although he knew it was untrue he continued to keep his mouth shut he goes on to say; “I perceived that the popular voice, and the countenances of the judges, had already condemned my unhappy victim, I rushed out of the court in agony. The tortures of the accused did not equal mine; she was sustained by innocence, but the fangs of remorse tore my bosom, and would not forego their hold” (Volume 1 Chapter 6 page 54). Victor could only sit there and cringe. Elizabeth tried to proclaim Justine’s innocence, but being the only witness that spoke in her defense she could not be saved, because of Victor’s cold and shriveled heart. Now being the cause of two deaths you could say that Victor was the murderer and could have changed his fate if only he had stood up to the court and confessed on what his dreadful mind has done to this poor town. The judges may have ordered a search party to go and destroy this creature and Justine would have been
Is Victor Frankenstein a victim of circumstance, or is he responsible for his own destruction. In the early pages of the book, Victor already tells Walton and the reader that he is enticed by world and won’t give up on his dream of being successful in science, “The world was to me a secret, which I desired to discover” (Volume 1 Chapter 1 pg.20). Victor explains to Walton how he enjoyed the recollections of his childhood before hardship had soiled his mentality; he altered his future because of his obsession with Natural Philosophy, which would later lead from obsession to repugnance and the reader gets a sense of this as he narrates in and out of his story with little bits and pieces of negative words like his “misery”, or his “fate”.
“If… instead of this remark, my father had taken the pains to explain to me that the principles of …show more content…
Although he knew it was untrue he continued to keep his mouth shut he goes on to say; “I perceived that the popular voice, and the countenances of the judges, had already condemned my unhappy victim, I rushed out of the court in agony. The tortures of the accused did not equal mine; she was sustained by innocence, but the fangs of remorse tore my bosom, and would not forego their hold” (Volume 1 Chapter 6 page 54). Victor could only sit there and cringe. Elizabeth tried to proclaim Justine’s innocence, but being the only witness that spoke in her defense she could not be saved, because of Victor’s cold and shriveled heart. Now being the cause of two deaths you could say that Victor was the murderer and could have changed his fate if only he had stood up to the court and confessed on what his dreadful mind has done to this poor town. The judges may have ordered a search party to go and destroy this creature and Justine would have been