Good And Evil In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

In most modern day novels there is a hero and a bad guy. Some books are not so clear cut on who is solely bad or good. This is present in the epistolary Frankenstein written by Mary Shelley. The main character, Victor Frankenstein shows questionable traits on weather he is truly evil person or not. In this novel Victors does not initially set out to be evil, but his selfishness and neglect for the monster that he created ultimately make him manifest into an evil character. Victor starts his journey to evil by trying to make a living creature out of dead parts. He has no consideration of the consequences that could occur. The monster was just a dream for the longest time but Victor had no actual intention of it coming to life. He had set out to try to do something good. After experiencing his mother's traumatic death, he wanted to create a way for people to live without disease ever again. "It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn"(Shelley, Chapter 2). His passion for learning was not an evil act, it's what he created that was evil.
Once this horrific creature comes to life, Victor runs away. He has no intention of taking any responsibility for this terrible creature that he has created and tells no one. He did not have evil intentions when he was in pursuit of creating the creature but one it was born he
But, he had abandoned his creation and left him there to fend for himself. This creature thought of him as a father and Victor did not care. He took no responsibility and did not show any remorse for the repercussions that occurred. He was malicious and secretive in trying to hide the fact that he was the monster's true creator. Victor did not perform one act throughout the story to get repentance for what he had done. Most good hearted humans would feel bad and want to fix what they started, but Victor turned apathetically away from his responsibilities making him an evil