Theme Of Revenge In Frankenstein
“I will cause fear, and chiefly towards you my archenemy, because my creator, do I swear inextinguishable hatred. Have a care; I will work at your destruction, nor finish until I desolate your heart,” (Shelley 174). Frankenstein has created such a destructive creature that is too powerful to vanquish which causes problems throughout the novel. Victor Frankenstein is accused of being the villain of the novel, because of his eagerness and willingness to go beyond God’s creation and create life once again. In many ways Victor is portraying the actual role of being the monster because he betrays his family, knowing the consequences that will happen. By creating the monster, he has become very narcissistic and keeping things private with everyone
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I would have made a pilgrimage to the highest peak of the Andes, could I when there have precipitated him to their base,” (Shelley 79). Revenge takes a big part in Mary Shelley’s novel, because most of the characters experience the feeling of wanting to get even with one another. The two main characters wanting revenge are the monster and Victor because they both envy one another and have no respect for each other. Victor abandons the monster and has nothing to do with him, leaving him in the real world to fend for himself. The monster demands for Victor to create a female that looks similar to him, so that he will not be the only inhuman person in their society. Victor refuses to do so because he does not think it would be safe to have two indestructible figures living. The monster gets irritated and bitter towards his denial and threatened Victor on his wedding night. Victor has realized that he has made an enormous mistake and wants the monster gone forever so that there will be no one else killed by his creation. However, the monster still manages to kill Victor’s wife and Victor is still to blame that he is responsible for yet another death. Victor is the actual beast of the novel because he has been the reason for many deaths that his creation has caused. His dissatisfaction and envy is similar to that of satan’s because they are both characterized as Adam-like innocents; Victor appears guileless and the monster is an unformed creature that does not know any better. When he is creating the monster, he is doing the job that is normally left up to God to create people from the beginning (Lewis Robinson). Therefore, vengeance has taken Victor from his normal life and transformed him into the evil and sinful person he has become through the
I would have made a pilgrimage to the highest peak of the Andes, could I when there have precipitated him to their base,” (Shelley 79). Revenge takes a big part in Mary Shelley’s novel, because most of the characters experience the feeling of wanting to get even with one another. The two main characters wanting revenge are the monster and Victor because they both envy one another and have no respect for each other. Victor abandons the monster and has nothing to do with him, leaving him in the real world to fend for himself. The monster demands for Victor to create a female that looks similar to him, so that he will not be the only inhuman person in their society. Victor refuses to do so because he does not think it would be safe to have two indestructible figures living. The monster gets irritated and bitter towards his denial and threatened Victor on his wedding night. Victor has realized that he has made an enormous mistake and wants the monster gone forever so that there will be no one else killed by his creation. However, the monster still manages to kill Victor’s wife and Victor is still to blame that he is responsible for yet another death. Victor is the actual beast of the novel because he has been the reason for many deaths that his creation has caused. His dissatisfaction and envy is similar to that of satan’s because they are both characterized as Adam-like innocents; Victor appears guileless and the monster is an unformed creature that does not know any better. When he is creating the monster, he is doing the job that is normally left up to God to create people from the beginning (Lewis Robinson). Therefore, vengeance has taken Victor from his normal life and transformed him into the evil and sinful person he has become through the