Victor Frankenstein As A Creator In Mary Shelley's Frankstein

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In Mary Shelley’s novel Frankstein, Victor Frankstein assumes the role of a creator who suffers disastrous results after failing to assure happiness and well-being to his creation. After creating and abandoning the Creature, the Creature approaches Victor and demands him to make him a wife so that he can escape his ostracized state, and live a happier life with her. At first, Victor agrees to make him a wife, but eventually, out of fear, he chooses to destroy his 2nd creation, fearing the creatures would populate and terrorize the world. Victor’s decision to deny the Creature a female counterpart and, essentially, a happy life boomerangs as the Creature begins to kill Victor’s loved ones, denying him happiness as well. Mary Shelley uses Victor …show more content…

He approaches Victor and demands him to explain why he destroyed the creation. Victor then begins to attack the Creature verbally, calling him wicked and deformed. The Creature responds to Victor saying “Slave, I before reasoned with you, but you have proved yourself unworthy of my condescension. Remember that I have power; you believe yourself miserable, but I can make you so wretched that the light of day will be hateful to you. You are my creator, but I am your master;-obey!” (131). By calling Victor a slave, the Creature is positioning himself higher than his own creator. He continues on, saying Victor is unworthy to him, and that he can make Victor’s life miserable to the point where it seems like everything is against him. In the last line, he calls Victor his creator, but calls himself the master of the relationship. The Creature is calling himself master because he is ultimately in control of Victor’s life as mentioned above. He then tells Victor “Are you to be happy, while I grovel in the intensity of my wretchedness?... I may die; but first you, my tyrant and tormentor, shall curse the sun that gazes on your misery… I will watch with the willingness of a snake, that I may sting with its venom... I go; but remember, I shall be with you on your wedding-night” (131). In this excerpt, the Creature is expressing his feelings towards Victor. He believes that it is unfair for his creator …show more content…

With his first creation living a miserable and isolated life, he requests Victor to make him a wife that he could live a happier life with. Victor agrees to make his first creation a wife, but he ends up breaking this promise as he ends up destroying the 2nd creation: due to his fear of the consequences that could arise from it. This angers the Creature, who believes that Victor, as creator, is responsible for the well-being of his creation. The Creature then begins to kill everyone that is close to Victor, making his creator’s life as miserable and lonely as his. If a creator doesn’t look after its creation, the creation will suffer and backfire on its creator. What Mary Shelley is trying to portray from this is the importance of parental responsibility and nurture. When children are born, their parents take on the responsibility for nurturing and raising the child until they are old enough to become released into the real world. In one of their first encounters, the Creature attempts to communicate with his creator by reaching with his hand, grinning, and attempting to talk. Victor then abandons his creation and leaves it to fend for itself and discover the world in a total alien-like manner. This causes the Creature to have to fend for himself and self-educate. Later on, the Creature approaches Victor and demands him to listen to his

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