Revenge In Frankenstein

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About 200 years ago, Romantic author Mary Shelley wrote the novel
Frankenstein, in which Victor Frankenstein creates an unexpectedly horrendous monster. Out of pure disgust, he immediately abandons his creation and later on, even tries to kill him. All the creature wants in life is acceptance by society; to live a life surrounded by people who love him. The creature’s hideousness and unlovability places him in a position that prevents him from obtaining any of those ideals, on behalf of Frankenstein. The creature carries numerous valid reasons to end Frankenstein’s life, but, be that as it may, the creature seeks revenge, desires a companion and views Frankenstein as a father figure; therefore it is in the monster’s best interest to …show more content…

Why did I live… my feelings were those of rage and revenge” (Shelley, 121).
Frankenstein caused the monster’s solitude and malice; thus the monster wants to return the favor by destroying every person he loves. When meeting Frankenstein’s little brother William, the monster exclaims, “Frankenstein! You belong then to my enemy--to him towards whom I have sworn eternal revenge; you shall be my first victim” (Shelley, 127). Rather than simply killing off his creator, the monster walks the vengeful road and kills every person Frankenstein loves, so that he may feel the loneliness and misery the monster endured throughout his lifetime. Logistically, it would be unwise for the monster to kill Frankenstein, for the monster deeply desires a female monster to fill the empty hole in his heart; a task only his creator can pursue. “You must create a female for me with whom I can live in the interchange of those sympathies necessary for my being” (Shelley 130).
The monster is a far cry from normal. He is truly his own species, merely containing a single person--himself. Because the creature is so horrifying and …show more content…

Without him, he has no purpose. The monster tells this to
Captain Walton when he sees Frankenstein laying dead on the boat:
“[Frankenstein] is dead who called me into being; and when I shall be no more, the very remembrance of us both will speedily vanish” (Shelley, 205). Even through all the suffering and loneliness the monster deals with throughout his existence, he still cares for the person who brought him into the world and grieves his death. The creature wishes to vanish after he dies, but wants to vanish alongside Frankenstein, picturing the father-son relationship they never had. The monster has enough reasons to kill his creator, yet he abstains and continues to let him live, for the sake of inducing suffering, finding himself a companion and Frankenstein still having a major role in his life. Frankenstein conjured up a creature so horrendous he abandoned it the moment it came to life, yet the monster only sought happiness. Like every other human being, the creature wanted to live a life filled with people who loved

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