Victor Frankenstein Research Paper

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Plan of development: Victor Frankenstein is a man full monstrous attributes and his self-absorbed mind is seen through his actions. He also demonstrates moral irresponsibility for the duration of the novel. Lastly, Victor is depicted as a cruel man with nothing but himself as his main objective. Victor Frankenstein’s
Thesis: In Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, Victor’s narcissistic personality inspires his monstrous actions which inadvertently cause nothing but destruction to himself and others; this suggests that a real monster is one who selfishly puts his or her needs before the needs of others, regardless of the cost. Topic Sentence: Victor`s downfall is all due to himself not thinking others
Point1 : Victor demonstrates how he is …show more content…

Context + Proof1: Upon finishing his creation, Victor sees how atrocious looking the being he made was. After years of working on the creation, he was not satisfied “but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and a breathless horror and disgust filled my heart” (59).
Comment1: Victor made his creation looking somewhat like a human and of great stature but the creature did not yet know language and emotions. However, Victor runs away because he is not pleased with his creation. He did not think of how him deserting the creature would affect the creature. It is like a person having a baby and leaving it to fend for itself until adulthood. Victor did not think about if this creature had feelings or a sense of who or what he was. Victor is so involved in his own problems he abandoned the creature because it was not what he thought it would …show more content…

After Victor’s younger brother, William, is murdered Victor visits the spot where he was murdered and sees the creature. He immediately assumed the creature killed his younger brother. Their young servant, Justine, is accused of the murder and is put on trial.
Point2: Victor feels so much despair and guilt over his brother’s death and the trial of Justine. He thinks the monster did the murder but he does not tell anyone because he does not want anyone to think ill of him.
Context + Proof2: He realizes that the death of his brother and soon the death of Justine are his fault as a result from his creation but he chooses not to share this information and spare Justine’s life. “A thousand times rather would I confessed myself guilty of the crime ascribed to Justine, but I was absent when it was committed, and such a declaration would have considered as the raving of a madman and would not have exculpated her who suffered through me” (85).
Comment2: While Victor knows that the officials would not believe him as the murderer because he was not in town when William was murdered, he also does not want people to think he is crazy for spilling this story of a creature. Additionally, he does not want people to know that he unintentionally killed his

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