Frankenstein Research Paper

“I shuddered to think that future ages might curse me as their pest, whose selfishness had not hesitated to buy its own peace at the price, perhaps, of the existence of the whole human race” (186). Victor sacrificed the peace he wanted for himself and accepted the lifelong torment of the creature, a consequence of his broken promise. Victor did this for the greater good of humanity, recognizing the power of his choice to create or not to create, as well as the power of the creature. Victor had to discover the hard way, how powerful the creature became when reading letters like this one from his father, “About five in the morning, I discovered my lovely boy, whom the night before I had seen blooming and in active health, stretched on the grass livid and motionless; the print of the murder’s finger was on his neck” (72). What Victor thought he was doing to save his family and friends, ended up being the thing that killed them.

Upon witnessing his creation's animation, Victor is quick to reject him as he flees from his dwelling, mistakenly allowing the Creature to escape into the world. After escaping, the Creature commits a series of crimes, leaving Victor consumed by his own guilt from the realization that he is responsible for bringing the unstoppable monster into existence. Victor’s erosion of subjectivity is evident as he “considered the being whom I cast among mankind…my own spirit let loose from the grave, and forced to destroy all that was dear to me” (Shelley 84). Aware that the Creature's existence has caused the devastation of all he held dear, Victor also emphasizes the negative effects of his arrogance in breaking natural principles. He understands that the Creature is uncontrollable and that he is a source of this chaos.

Victor denied the monster it’s power by not allowing it to have what it asked for. This refusal caused the monster declare it’s dominance through threatening Victor to do as it says or he will be punished. After Victor refuses to allow his creation to take control, it goes mayhem and reacts with hatred. The creature tried to gain it’s power by deteriorating Victor’s life killing many of the friends and loved ones close to Victor. This pulls the final straw for Victor, he attempted to hunt the monster down and destroy it before it could hurt anyone else.

After Victor brings the creature to life, he is immediately repulsed by his creation and abandons him. Victor's cruelty towards the creature has far-reaching consequences, setting off a chain of events that ultimately leads to tragedy. This act of cruelty is a powerful motivator for the creature, who seeks revenge against his creator for abandoning him. As the creature explains, "I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on" (Shelley 117). Victor's cruelty towards the creature ultimately leads to the deaths of several innocent people, highlighting the dangers of unchecked ambition and the human desire for power.

Though Victor is the Creator, the Creature is to blame for his wrongdoings. The creator did not do his job as a creator. The creature acts out or learns who he is in three main ways. Through revenge, society and how they act toward the Creature, and Victor's own negligence/rejectance toward his creation.

This quote shows the peaceful and healing effects that nature has on the creature. Despite being rejected and ostracized by society, the creature finds comfort in the natural world, which provides him with food and shelter. In contrast, Victor, who has rejected the natural world in favor of science and technology, finds no solace and is consumed by guilt and

Shelley establishes a somber and menacing tone early on, foreshadowing the tragic events that will take place. The frequent allusions to light and dark, life and death, and the natural world in opposition to the world of science all hint at the disastrous effects of Victor Frankenstein's obsession with producing life through science. A number of literary allusions and cautions, such as the biblical story of Adam and Eve, implies that playing God can have disastrous repercussions, which hint at the monster's creation. Victor says to "Learn from me... how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge, and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world, than he who aspires to become greater than his nature will allow" (Shelley 53).

Despite the creature's remorse, Victor denies its plea for a companion, pushing it to seek revenge (Shelley, Chapter 17). Victor's refusal to grant the creature's request for companionship reflects his ongoing cruelty and lack of empathy. His rejection perpetuates the creature's feelings of worthlessness, intensifying its resentment towards humanity. Victor's denial of companionship mirrors society's rejection of the creature, reinforcing the notion that it is a product of its circumstances. This rejection strengthens the creature's belief that it can only find solace in vengeance against its callous creator.

The creation was abandoned by Victor and set out to the world on its own. The creation becomes vengeful towards Victor and does everything in its power to get back at him. The creation kills and harms many people in Victor's life. Throughout the novel Shelly displays the ideas that the creature is drawn to evil because of society’s prejudices

Victor manifests hatred onto the embryonic creation, assuming the creature is programmed with evil nature. Instead, the creature, who desires affection, consumes his aversion and mirrors it. As Victor’s resentment becomes clear for the creation, he too forms animosity, forcing Victor to promise him happiness in the form of a female counterpart. Victor undertakes the promise, but reneges on it. He “destroy[s] the creature on whose future existence [the creation] depend[s] for happiness” and watches the creation, “with a howl of devilish despair and revenge, withdr[a]w.”

(Shelly 69) What Victor endured in the past still fuelled his hate and anger towards the creature. This hate consumed his whole being leading him to parade such savagery to the creature. Through the cruelty he shows buth his own body and the creature we can see Victor's selfishness.

He became obsessed with the idea of creating life out of inanimate objects. Victor wanted to manipulate the power of life and wanted to discover the secrets of life and death and how to renew life. He abandons his creation because of the creature's appearance. It is understandable why some people argue that Victor was actually a victim because the monster killed many of his loved ones. But in actuality, Victor's hypocritical attitude made him like that.

After the death of Victor, the creature visits his creator and the creature explains to Walton how his “‘heart was fashioned to be susceptible of love and sympathy; and, when wrenched by misery to vice and hatred, it did not endure the violence of the change without torture…filled me with an insatiable thirst for vengeance’” (190). This demonstrates how the creature is indeed human by illustrating his similar nature and

Victor's abandonment of the creature, driven by fear and disgust, results in the creature seeking revenge and causing harm to those closest to Victor. Similarly, the creature's desperate attempts to be accepted by society are met with rejection and violence, leading him to lash out and seek vengeance against his creator. These actions backfire on the perpetrators, illustrating the destructive consequences of their choices and emphasizing the theme that your own actions can lead to your

Victor’s Ambition Victor determines to challenge the limits of human knowledge, to go beyond natural laws. At first, his reason for creating the monster sounds noble: ‘I thought that if I could bestow animation upon lifeless matter, I might in process of time (although I now find it impossible)