Why Is Victor Frankenstein Unethical

In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein was, in a way like a parent to his monster. He was his creator. So, like a parent, Victor was somewhat responsible for his monster. He did not show this. Victor Frankenstein did not act ethically toward his monster.

Victor Frankenstein, from a young age was interested in science. Everything from electricity to animals to systems and how they work. When Victor went to college he became fascinated with natural philosophy and chemistry. Eventually, VIctor became enthused about life and everything about it, but most importantly, how it ended. He created a plan to see if he could bring an animal back to life. He began with mice. From an ethical standpoint, meddling in life and death is looked

down on or against most beliefs.
Victor was able to send electric currents through the mouse's body and give it a life-like appearance.

However, the mouse was not resuscitated. But, Victor had now discovered that he could animate a lifeless body. This made him more curious to see what he could was capable of. He moved on to bigger projects. His newest project was to see if he could create a being that could live and function as a somewhat normal organism. So, over the next few months, that would become his primary focus.

To most people, and belief/moral systems, life and death are not things to be taken lightly but more importantly, not things to be messed with. Death is believed, by some, to be where souls go to rest and should not be disturbed. Victor violates this example of ethics and moral beliefs. One of the reasons ethical lines are crossed in this specific story is, Victor wants to create a being that would essentially see him as a God, or higher being.

To create his human-like creature, Victor had to rob the graves of recently deceased. He ultimately had no right to disturb the peace of members of other families that had passed. Victor had recently experienced death in his own family. He should have been more aware of how the moral lines had been crossed. However, in this instant, he

wasn't.
At the end of his grave robbing escapade, Victor began to assemble his creature. Little did he know it would be a monster, though he did not intend for it to be. This monster, when first given life, looked to Victor as his parent figure. That seemed to quickly changed. The creature soon developed into a monster.
The creature would seem to come in and out of Victor's life and signify important events. Close to the end of the story as Victor’s wedding approaches, the monster requests that Victor create him a woman for him to love as Victor loves Elizabeth. Because the monster is so hideous and unlovable, he believes another monster, this one female, is the only one who could love him. Despite the monsters pleading, Victor refused to grant his wish and construc another monster in fear it would turn out the same.
Victor Frankenstein did not act ethically toward his monster. Despite the fact that he crossed many ethics and moral lines to create the creature to begin with, he denied the creature a chance at love, the one thing that could bring the creature closer to being human. Love was the one way the creature could learn to feel and love and act less like the monster they all perceived him to be. All in all, Victor treated his monster with a lack of respect and ethics.