Victor Frankenstein Analysis

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a novel of a mad scientist Victor Frankenstein creates a hideous human creature made up of body parts. In his attempt at playing god and bringing his creation alive into the world, Victor Frankenstein creates a monster. Although the creator’s creation is pushed towards evil, it becomes obvious that Victor Frankenstein himself is the monster because he creates a human creature whom he abandons and fails to take responsibility for.

Humans nowadays have the ability to create life and Victor Frankenstein is in love with the exact idea of bringing his own human creation to life. Sometimes having a great extent of knowledge can lead to unsafe actions because of such curiosity. In his article “Creating Life: The Science

Frankenstein on the other hand, abandons his creation when he sees it come to life. In their article “Non-Formal Education Within The Function of Responsible Parenting,” Dragana Bogavac and Milosavljević Tatjana Đukić claim that “parents should realize that it is important to understand and experience child education within a family as an essential experience” (32). Instead of taking care of his creation, Victor Frankenstein is horrified and he avoids the situation because the result was not what he expected. Sometimes when things do not turn out ideally how we wish, it is not okay to ignore reality and not take action because you will eventually have to deal with your own doing. Frankenstein however says that he was "unable to endure the aspect of the being I created, I rushed out of the room and continued a long time traversing my bedchamber, unable to compose my mind to sleep” (Shelley 6). The actions that Victor Frankenstein takes towards the creature is wrong because it is relatable to how a mother would abandon her child after giving birth. There is no prediction to be made as towards how the child may end up without the guidance and love from a

In his book Deepening Community : Finding Joy Together in Chaotic Times Paul Born states that “no amount of innovation, individual brilliance, or money can transform our broken society as effectively and sustainably as building community” (1). Having people to go to and express your feelings to is important because it helps relieve emotional stress that could be problematic. Although responsibility can sometimes be painful because the outcome can be unexpected and disastrous. Victor Frankenstein creates this creator who views the world in a naive and child life way because Frankenstein fails to accept the consequences of his actions. The creature is rejected by anyone who comes in contact with him and he asks Frankenstein “why did you form a monster so hideous that even YOU turned from me in disgust?” (Shelley 8). To summarize Daniel W Russell et al, perspective in the article "Is Loneliness the Same as Being Alone?,” being lonely and alone can make one feel unwanted or bad about themselves. When we have friends and family to be around there is a feeling of being safe and being loved. Therefore, company is crucial to an individual because we learn from each other (