Betrayal In Frankenstein

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Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein is a thought provoking story to read because the subject matter speaks to me. Dark, supernatural and gothic is exactly the style of reading I would choose in my own reading choices. It was only one step from my Victorian Vampire reading to Frankenstein therefore my choice to read the novel was almost a given to me. Several areas that I as a human can relate to are the human nature of each character, the unrelenting revenge the monster feels, and betrayal in the pursuit of self-preservation Victor bestows on his monster, his family, and mankind. The story speaks of betrayal, a strong an intense emotion that hurt the monster to the core so deeply he commits unspeakable acts. Frankenstein outlines Victor’s betrayal of his son, the monster. Victor literally created a child, a rebirth of flesh in his own design but he felt no love or sense of responsibility for the monsters well-being. This betrayal of the preverbal parent over their “child” is felt greatly by the monster and Frankenstein suffers at his own cost, unwilling and incapable to see he was his own destructor. A notable act of betrayal is when Victor can but does not save Justine from death. His own brother was dead and he was …show more content…

This time is the pre-text to the story as the mind was open to new thinking and thus Mary Shelly was using these influences when she wrote on how Victor took his thoughts and ideas to the extreme. The freewill of Victors mind led to his irresponsibility in his actions. In his “consequences be damned “ thinking he never calculated the negative impact that his imagination mixed with his scientific pursuit would have on him, humanity or his creation. Victor defied the natural, and challenged the moral right. Victor knew he was stepping over the boundaries as he never shares any detail of his creation even with his most intimate of

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