Controversy Of Victor Frankenstein

As the class has read the famous novel of Mary Shelley, “Frankenstein”, much controversy has come up concerning both the monster and Victor Frankenstein, the main characters of the book. One point of controversy is whether or not Victor remains the “true parent” after his dissertation of his own creation. What parent would desert their own child, their own creation? With that being said, after the initial “conception” of the monster, it is this student’s perception that Victor does not remain the parent of the monster because of reasons such as: he abandons the monster immediately after creation (Pg. 44 of “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley), he is absolutely disgusted with the appearance of the monster (Pg. 44 of “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley)

At the age of seventeen, after the loss of his mother Caroline, Victor travels to a university to further his studies on the subject of life and death. At Ingolstadt, Victor's passion for science increases greatly. He interns under a very well-known professor to further his knowledge and ultimately changes the history of science (Grdesaver.com Paraphrase). During the two year period at the university, Victor conducts a horrifying and questionably unethical experiment. The experiment consisted of taking pieces from different corpses to make a “super” human. When Victor finished piecing together his experiment, he used lightning to electrically charge the heart and body of his creation to life. Unfortunately, Victor did not take ‘Parenting 101’ class and fled from the horrifying creature he had created. “The monster was full of sorrow, and cursed his creator and his own hideousness. He therefore determined to revenge himself upon Frankenstein” (Gradesaver.com

How is this any different from what Victor was trying to do? It is no different. If what Victor (who by the way is a fictional character) did is unethical then so is real people trying to create the perfect child. Unfortunately, Victor learned through much pain and sorrow that the fame and fortune of trying to create the perfect child was not worth it. Maybe society should try and learn from Victor’s mistake.

Victor did not know what he was getting himself into by trying to create the perfect child. Consequently, for himself and the monster, his plan backfired. The monster needed love, support, compassion, and guidance just as every child does. Victor was too disgusted by his own creation to provide it with these essential needs. Victor was not a good father to his creation. He abandoned him at the most crucial time of its horrid life. Throughout Mary Shelley’s novel, Victor reaps what he sows through his actions. In the end he is dead and the monster is about to commit suicide out of pure misery out of Victor’s