The Role Of God In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Victor Frankenstein wanted to become this eccentric scientist who conquers death in bringing eternal life to mankind by creating a different form in his vision. With him using his knowledge as power to portray God, Victor never asks himself if he should, but only if he could. In the book of Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein claimed to be creating the monster for the betterment of humankind. He did it out of arrogance, or out of a desire to become like God. Victor not only created life, but destroyed many by becoming the monster that he created through his sinful attempt to be God to only fail by abandoning his creation.
At the age of thirteen, Victor’s continuous eagerness desire to learn led him to the volumes of the works of Cornelius Agrippa.
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In the beginning of the book of Genesis of the Holy Bible, God created the heavens and the earth, in which Victor Frankenstein wanted to expand his knowledge upon. God created Adam and Eve as the first human beings in the Garden of Eden also known as in biblical terms as “garden of God.” God sacrificed his only begotten son just for his children’s forgiveness of sins and to cleanse of all unrighteousness for freedom of the soul. Victor sacrificed his health as well as his relationships for the creation of the creature. The Bible says that God will never leave his children nor forsake his children, but Victor does not replicate God’s actions for he left and forsaken his child. As soon as the creature taken its first breath, Victor became overshadowed with fear and disgust due to its hideous, supernatural features. He lets fear of the unknown cloud his judgment of how to perceive the creature. He lets fear overpower him into leaving and neglecting his creature without even saying a word. The action of abandoning his creature resulted in his ultimate