When you look deeper, you can see the underlying theme of family abuse in the piece. The novel shows what happens when a child is left without proper guidance and a neglectful family, where a father left its progeny to fend for itself. Without the guidance of a “parent” the monster had to learn life on its own, going down the wrong path. Without learning to trust in others, or having any love for its own self. These feelings of negativity turned into anger and vengeance against Victor and led to the bloody story of…
Despite the fact that after being treated the way he was by others, the monster seeks revenge for Victor’s abandonment and for making him an unbearable scene to be seen by mankind. Throughout the novel, the creature seeks revenge by killing Victor’s love ones one by one. In Chapter 11 when the monster is telling his tale to Victor he states, “… but I had hardly placed my foot within the door, before the children shrieked, and one of the women fainted…and fearfully took refuge in a low hovel...” Yet, after seeing the dark side of the monster Victor is still un-human for his abandonment of his creation. It’s a horrible thing to abandon one’s creation and very cruel to leave a defenseless thing roams about by itself in the world and hoping that it will die soon. Victor was wrong to abandon his creation because of its appearances; he didn’t bother to get to know the poor monster. The author did a great job making the reader feel more sorrow for the monster than for Victor. The monster has been attacked and hurt for doing either nothing at all or helping others.…
After seeing the sight of the creature, Victor abandons himself from what he calls his own monster and realizes what he has done has been the opposite of exceptional. Victor’s abandonment of the creature shows his cowardice. At the first sight of his creation, Victor was, “Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room and continued a long time traversing my bed-chamber, unable to compose my mind to sleep”(Shelley 43-44). Victor is unable to see the creature that he creates, causing him to regret his decisions and have nightmares. Victor hoped that his creature would be beautiful, so he could brag to the others what a genius he was. Instead, when Victor discovered the creature's ugliness he decided that's not what he wanted to represent. Victor decides that his experiment would be an embarrassment to himself and cause terror to the rest of the town. After finishing and viewing his experiment, Victor comments, “Oh! No mortal could support the horror of that countenance”(Shelley 44). Victor realizes that no person would be able to bear the sight of the creature that he creates which causes him to abandon it because he doesn’t know what to do with him. Victor’s fearfulness causes him to accuse the creature of its own hideousness. Victor blames the creature by saying, “Accused creature! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you…
ANALYSIS: As Victors brother was killed by the creature he created, the remourse victor and his father have towards his death show weakness. Men in society are conditioned to be brought up as brave and protective. While Victors father is letting the death of his son affect his well being and health, Victor is trying to keep his weakness hidden from his father in order to keep the family held together.…
Throughout the novel, The Monster is characterized as a sensitive being; he wants to be loved and resents the fact that he was rejected by Frankenstein. As he gains knowledge and begins to grow more intelligent, The Monster comes to the realization that Victor abandoned him, that he is unwanted. This frustrates him as he continually gets rejected by society. Although Victor seems to think very highly of himself, The Monster has a very low self-esteem, “I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on” (pg #), which stems from his rejection by both Victor and society as a whole. This character trait of The Monster makes the sort of selfishness of Victor, as it shows that, in his search for fame and glory, he was uncaring of the consequences. In creating The Monster, Victor’s intentions were not what they should have been; instead of trying to create life in order to make the world better, he was doing is for the sole purpose of becoming a God-like person. His God-complex is apparent in other parts of the novel as well, when he meets The Monster in the mountains and they have a conversation about Victor’s want to destroy The…
Frankenstein The story of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a British literature classic. It has become so famous because of how clearly its messages transcend through time and highlight problems that the reader has in their own life. The greatest theme from Frankenstein is the need for friends or companionship, and the loss of these necessities. Readers of the book will notice that this message stands out to them because everyone has had to deal with being an outcast at some point in their life. Several of the characters throughout the novel have overcome this outcast adversity, however they all revolve around Victor Frankenstein either entering or leaving their lives.…
Perhaps Victor bases his judgement on people’s appearances due to it always being an accurate portrayal of their personality in the past, because Victor then, makes a ‘quick’ ‘judgement’ on the creature he has created and hastily runs away, horrified by its appearance. Considering what the…
Victor’s utter carelessness is revealing when it comes to the flaws of his characterization as a scientist. He cannot bring himself to admit to himself what he has made, much less to other people, asserting, “I could never persuade myself to confide to him that event which was not often present to my recollection, but which I feared the detail to another would only impress more deeply,” (Shelley 54). This is a pathetic attempt by Victor to justify his own guilt, and once again Victor resorts to isolation when it comes to his experiment. Not only did he abandon the Creature, but he also makes every effort to not have to think about it. His desperation to avoid responsibility shows that he is a far cry away from holding himself accountable, and it uncovers a fear that society will view him as an inept contributor. Furthermore, Victor would rather live with the guilt of knowing Justine was innocent rather than having everyone think he was a madman for conjuring up the possibility of a new species. After Justine’s conviction, Victor moans, “Anguish and despair had penetrated into the core of my heart; I bore a hell within me, which nothing could extinguish,” (Shelley 75). Victor lets the Creature and Justine take the fall for his cowardice, because he cannot fathom society viewing him as…
Inability to control/Knowledge: The aspect of man’s inability to control his creation is influenced by his quest for greater knowledge. In Shelley’s Frankenstein, biblical references and archaic language are used to heighten the severity of transcendental undertones; “thou hast made me more powerful than thyself…I will be mild and docile to my natural lord and king.” This alludes to Victor as the divine creator and questions his motives in his attempt to conceive life. Victor has lost power over his creation, which contradicts Christian dictum. This implies the unquestionable, all-knowing Creator should be superior to his creation. This is Victor’s failure, as he loses dominance over the Monster, suggesting the prophetic destruction of mankind. This is exemplified by the Monster’s command, “You are my creator, but I am your master- obey!”…
And his creator left him. How was he too, know right from wrong if everyone he tried to accompany beat him, yelled and screamed at the moment they see him. (2)Victor and the Creature do go through experiences that make their characters sympathetic. But their lack of human connections and inability to recognize the error of their ways prevents them from truly gaining sympathy. (2)…
Victor states “I am chained in an eternal hell”, this shows how Victors feels he has caused his own demise (157). Also the monster’s sadness as he states at the end “and that happiness and affection are turned into bitter and loathing despair” (164). And Robert’s horror as he explains what he saw, “Never did I behold a vision so horrible as his face” (163). It also allows for the reader to question the main characters’ decisions, such as “Why would Victor want to build a monster? Why would he just leave his creation? Why did he not say anything until it was too late?”. But like all horror stories there are always things that could have been done to prevent something bad from happening. Every time Victor does something bad he is given the chance to learn from it and make a better choice. Such as when Victor was given a second chance to love the monster, yet again he doesn’t. Victor is given so many chances to fix his mistake, yet he never does. This continuous disappoint is what makes the story so hard to predict and making it difficult to put down, making the reader want to know what happens next. Though if the book would have been longer, the reader would have learned what decision to expect from…
In the second half of the novel we witness Victor become more and more troubled. After destroying what was created of the Monster’s mate, the Monster tells Victor that he will be with him on his wedding night, this sends Victor into a fit of paranoia and depression. Victor often states that his fate has been sealed and that he is ready for death. We can see Victor’s paranoia take hold when he speaks of the various weapons he keeps on hand and when he is pacing the perimeter of his hotel on his wedding night, looking for the Monster. Victor eventually dies on Robert Walton’s due to fatigue and illness. In the first half of the novel Victor’s character was my favorite, I could relate to his sorrows and I thought he was just a troubled man who would…
The reader can gain a deeper understanding of The Monster’s internal struggle in Shelley’s Frankenstein of becoming Satan by having read Milton’s Paradise Lost. The Monster’s internal struggle is him giving into his hatred and becoming Satan and a living hell to Victor Frankenstein, The Monster’s creator. Satan was an angel, originally called Lucifer, that was banished to Hell for waging war against God. When The Monster enters the village to find food for himself, The monster states “One of the best of these I entered; but I had hardly placed my foot within the door, before the children shrieked, and one of the women fainted. The whole village was mused; some fled, some attacked me, until, grievously bruised by stones and many other kinds of…
Victor is ultimately responsible for teaching the basic knowledge on how to survive and behave of course would not know how to handle his emotional feelings of rage and emotion. And therefore, Victor lies at the pulse of the problem which is enhanced when he does not respond to the creature’s demands. Victor should of taken the opportunity to help out what he created providing him with at least the basic necessities and an outlet for social interaction. There is no excuse for Victor not to introducing him to his friends or at a minimum to other scientist who would understand why he was grotesque in appearance. I think it was nice that a creature was kind enough to help the cottagers, get wood, work in their garden and do minor repairs on the cottage. I do not understand why the creature used revenge, rage, and violence to harm people. In today’s world, most people are shallow just as Victor and although you will have acquaintances in life, very few humans have real friends. So, there are no excuses for the creatures behavior since he knew enough to do well he knows better than to harm others for his own…
Exploring the Theme Abandonment in Frankenstein “One must not abandon their obligation as a parent, when making the decision to take responsibility for the child.” Every child needs someone to admire and look up to as a parental figure teaching them from what is right and wrong. In relation to this quote, Mary Shelley profoundly discusses the theme of abandonment throughout the novel as it was a dramatizing event that took place during her lifetime when she was a child. Mary Shelley’s mother passed away when she was just 13 days old. Her father, William Godwin, a writer who was fanatical with his work, hardly paid any attention to Mary. Later on in her life, Mary marries Percy Shelley and later discovers that he is not interested in her any…