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Every creature at birth needs love and nurturing, and when deprived of that it can cause a desolate life for that creature. The responsibility of nurturing can be seen across all species. It seems that Victor Frankenstein did not understand this and abandoned his creature. In the trial of Frankenstein’s creature, the creature's actions can be justifiable because he lives as a miserable outcast because society sees only his appearance and the negligence from Victor. As soon as the creature came into existence, he was immediately rejected by Victor, destining him for a life of desolation and revealing the carelessness of Victor. The appearance of the creature was the only factor that Victor was taking into account. His first moment of …show more content…
abandonment is only second after gaining life. Victor abandoning the creature because of its hideous appearance not only shows negligence to the creature but also society. Victor senses a treat from the creature and doesn’t deal with it, but instead lets him wander off, he expressed no concern for what the creature might do to others and instead completely ignores it. Even when the creature reached his hand out and smiled to Victor to show his affection. Victor could not overlook the appearance and freaked out misinterpreting the creature’s sign of kindness as an act of harm. Victor does not seem to care for others as long as it does not involve him. He believed that the creature was nothing but evil because of its appearance. The creature was not born with evil intent, but because of people rejecting him, his nature changed.
Each attempt with human interaction would end in deeper isolation. The creature started to hang around some cottagers out of sight. The creature provided aid to them even though it did not benefit him. Before he would steal some food from them, but after learning of their poverty he stops because of his genuine nature. One of the cottagers, Felix, started assaulting the creature with a stick after seeing the creature, but instead of tearing Felix limb by limb the creature left with a broken heart. His only hope of joining society, crushed. The only thing that gave the creature delight was hope, hope that maybe there would be a person who could overlook his appearance. But it is not like he never had a chance, Victor could have been the bridge joining the creature with society. But, to the creature it seems that his existence is an everlasting curse of isolation. Rage filled him up for being created then abandoned and because of the idea of knowing that if Victor cared for him, he would have had a chance of living with …show more content…
society. The creature’s intent was not to harm everyone but, to harm Victor for causing his misery.
The creature read the notes on his creation to only learn that Victor was even disgusted by him. In a fit of anger the creature declared war on humanity. Yet, he goes onto to save a little girl from drowning. The creature does not feel hatred towards the little girl because she had done nothing to ruin the life of the his. The creature realizes that the person to blame is his creator. Knowing that Victor has the power to make life, he meets with him for one last chance of freeing his desolate life. Victor promised the creature to make him a partner so he will not live a desolate life. But, Victor broke his promise and dismantles the body. The hope of the creature having someone to keep him company was broken once more. Victor’s chance of redeeming himself to the creature is ruined by his own actions. Victor was, god, and the creature, Adam, yet Adam was given another and nurtured. Man does not seem to be fit to play god. The creature’s hatred for Victor only increased. Each of his killings had the purpose of harming Victor. The reason the creature did not kill Victor but, his close ones is because if Victor dies he will never understand the pain the creature has gone through. If Victor loses all his close ones he too will be alone in the world, then he truly understand the pain the creature is living through. After the death of Victor, the creature declared he will not harm
another human and live the rest of his life in isolation. If he truly wanted to harm humanity he would have continued instead of confessing for his actions. The cause of his misery is gone and yet, getting revenge on Victor was the only thing he has to live for. The creature has lived a tragic life. He was born with a good heart but, to only have his good deeds be met with horror. Isolation and the negligence from his creator ignited a hatred for his existence. The one at fault is no other than his creator, Victor Frankenstein. The creature is the result of him trying to play god. Ironically each part of the creature was chosen for the beauty of it and each part of the creature is human. Yet, people do not see it as such because of the creature's appearance. This case is more than the justification of murder but also the discrimination society puts on one another. Just because someone is not beautiful does not mean that they are a terrible person and deserve to be treated less than someone who is beautiful. Society shunning people who are not beautiful does not result in anything besides the misery of another.
After abandoning the Creature, it vows “eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind” which ends up being in direct correlation with Victor’s life (Shelley 143). The Creature is able to carry out this deed by not directly attacking his creator and abandoner, but the one’s of his creator’s affections. The Creature not only makes Victor feel pain through the killings, but also through the guilt that Victor experiences since he knows that he (Victor) is the reason that all the people are now dead. After all the killings had happened, “yet one duty” remained for Victor, to silence the Creature and all feelings of sorrow rooted from death (Shelley 176). This was Victor’s act of revenge in which only one of the two could live while the other was dead. Victor was so influenced by all the death he had experienced, that his revenge took him to his deathbed. The ending years of Victor’s life had been spent focusing and caring for the matters concerning the Creature and himself, which differs of how Zeus felt about his revenge, as it was only of current importance and had no impact on his
Victor animated the creature from dead body parts, effecting his creature’s appearance when he came alive. He couldn’t even look at his creation, and thought that it was malodorous, without thinking how unwanted and helpless the creature feels. With little hope for the creature because of his unappealing appearance, Victor does not bothering to wait and see if he has a good interior or not. As a result of Victor not taking responsibility, the monster decides to take revenge. The monster is repeatedly denied love and deals with the loneliness the only way that he can, revenge, killing Victor’s loved ones making him lonely just like
...or was not thinking of others in his actions, but only of himself. He did not consider the tumult the abnormally large creature could cause in the world, nor what the feelings of the monster would be towards him if he abandoned him. Victor also did not contemplate the safety of his friends, as he had the chance to stop the creature’s misdoings but failed to do so, risking the life of his friends. Therefore, Victor was a selfish being, who only concerned himself with his wishes and never evaluated the situation of his loved ones, ultimately causing their demise. The misfortunate events that occurred through Victor’s life could have been prevented, and also discontinued when Victor had the chance. However, Victor’s irresponsibility overcame these opportunities and he in turn, caused misfortunes for himself as well as his loved ones.
Once the process of life has been initiated, individuals have a lot to consider. When Victor begins creating the first creature he is excited at the possibility of bringing his creation to life. He has no thoughts of destroying the creature at this time. However, once the creature is brought to life, and Victor realizes the monstrosity he has created, Victor wishes to abandon the creature.
...e all the evil things they have done. When he goes to Victor's coffin, the creature does the opposite of what a evil being would do. He grieves over Victor despite all the horrible things the creature has done to Victor. The creature even feels guilt over the innocent people he has killed and the torment he put his creator through. Despite Victor's actions leading the creature to commit evil deeds, the creature finds in himself to feel regret in the end.
Victor’s cruel and hostile actions toward his creature demonstrate his monstrous characteristics. One example of Victor’s inhumane cruelty is when he decides to abandon his creature. When Victor realizes what he has created, he is appalled, and abandons his creature because he is “unable to endure the aspect of the being [he] had created” (42). This wretched action would be similar to a mother abandoning her own child. Victor’s ambition for renown only fuels his depravity; he brings new life into the world, only to abandon it. This act of abandonment accurately depicts Victor’s cruelty because it shows his disgust toward his own creation, as well as his lack of respect for life. An example of a hostile action is when Victor destroys the creature’s
Victor never even fathomed the actual existence of the creature, somewhat resembling an unplanned pregnancy that was never emotionally and rationally dealt with even after the actual birth of the child. He certainly did not adequately prepare himself for parenthood.
Victor is not able to see past the metaphorical clouds that seem to shroud his mind from seeing the truth. Furthermore, Victor is not able to let go of his hatred for the creature. In contrast, the creature admits, “But it is true that I am a wretch. I have murdered the lovely and the helpless” (275). The creature is able to recognize that he has made mistakes and as a result, he loathes himself.
Each living being has the right to live and to be happy in this world – which is the simple philosophy of life. When the creature asks Victor to create somebody to love it gets heartless reply:” …Devil ... do you dare approach me? ... Be gone, vile insect! Or rather, stay that I may trample you to dust! ... Abhorred monster! Fiend that thou art! The tortures of hell are too mild a vengeance for thy crimes. Wretched devil! You reproach me with your creation; come on then, that I may extinguish the spark which I so negligently bestowed” [p.68]. For him the life on this creature is nothing, just another caprice, just something used to want and does not need anymore. He, considering himself to be “God”, does not care about what the creature feels and how lonely it is. Whom to blame? Analysis shows that Victor is the victim of the mistakes his parents did, and the Creature is a victim of Victor’s ill perception of reality. The answer says to itself!
The creature later went on a journey looking for his creator, he wanted partner to be with him since he was the only one of his kind plus the people hated him. He wanted a partner whom he could live with and not feel alone in this world. When they first encounter themselves victor was amazed by his creation but once again victor did not wanted to see.” Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live? Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence, which you had so wantonly bestowed? I know not; despair had not yet taken possession of me; my feelings were those of rage and revenge. I could with pleasure have destroyed the cottage and its inhabitants
...s creation as a way of revenge and payback for all the distress he brought to the creature. The creature, beginning as the most innocent, is alienated by his creator and every individual who witnesses his presence. Finally, Victor isolates himself from his beloved ones in order to fulfill his ambitions. All these misfortunes are caused by the lack of moral decision making. Unfortunately, these decisions ruined the life of many people involved in Victor’s life. All these events are the proof of what people’s actions can result into when isolation is a major theme in one’s life.
The Creature, after learning what it is to love, requests that Victor creates a companion for him. Victor rejects the creature’s proposition, as Victor now understands the consequences of animating what shouldn't be alive, the Creature wants nothing more than for Victor to suffer, to feel the pain that he, as a wretch, faces. The Creature does so by devoting his life to the destruction of Victor’s. In chapter 24, the Creature states “But it is even so; the fallen angel becomes the malignant devil.” The creature is viewed as entirely evil by the characters of the novel, despite the scenes in which his benevolent nature is shown. It is ironic that Victor and his creature are foils of one another, yet they suffer a similar fate: their desire to destroy one another led to their ultimate
This presents Victor showing unfair judgement towards the creature that he made “There can be no community between you and me; we are enemies” (55). This is unfair to the creature because he was born against his will and already Victor claiming to the creature that he has no community; a home. This is also unjust because Victor shows his hatred towards his creation that they are enemies before even giving the creature a chance to show himself and show who he really is and can be. Victor and his poor character towards his family and close friends make him more monster than the creature he had created “I could cope with the sullen despair that overwhelmed me: but the whirlwind passions of my soul drove me to suddenly leave” (51). With his family having hardship during this time and Victor knowing that and knows he needs to be there decides to chase his passion and leave without giving much thought. Victor knowing that his family problems and hardship are happening because of him doesn’t tell them what’s going on or what's happening in his current situation leaving them with no answers. This makes Victor a bigger monster because of his poor character he has towards his family and his poor statements towards the creature, a being that he
The creature has consistently been berated and harassed by humans throughout the novel however, he knows that Victor is his best shot to achieve happiness as he is the most compassionate, but is even spurned by him. At that point, the creature realizes that it will be impossible to ever overcome his deformities to earn the compassion of any human. As a result, he commits himself to bring upon Victor grief as he is the root of his miseries. Thereafter, the creature is the cause of the deaths of Henry Clerval, Elizabeth Lavenza, and Victor’s father. Considering all the following interactions, the creature clearly was not evil initially however, once he reached his threshold for pain and patience he chose to spite Victor because conforming no
Victor plays the role of God and creates his “Adam” but unlike the Adam from the bible, the creature is not designed in a perfect image or guarded by the care of his creator. The creature compares himself to Satan when he says “I considered Satan as the fitter emblem of my condition; …like him, when I viewed the bliss of my protectors, the bitter gall of envy rose within me” (228). The creature was forsaken his first days of living and learned about the society of humans through observation and reading. God introduced Adam to the world with everything provided and guided him his early days of life. He saw Adams loneliness and granted him a mate. The creature asks Frankenstein for a companion as a last chance to become happy and good hearted. Victor destroys his hope and brings more tragedy among him by doing so. God creates all things good, Victor took his Job as a creator and his creation became malignant because unlike God he was ashamed of his creation. From that point on the creatures’ heart becomes cold and makes sure to destroy his creator. When Victor dies the creature repents for the damage that he has done and would live with continuing pain till his death. “…My agony was still superior to thine; for the bitter sting of remorse will not cease to rankle in my wounds until death shall close them forever” (380).