Ambiguity In Frankenstein
In the novel, Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, Victor creates the creature in order to be noticed and remembered for creating life. However, even though making the creature was fascinating and exciting for Victor once the creature was animated Victor wanted nothing to do with his creation. Throughout the novel the creature can be seen trying to fit in and be accepted by Victor and the other people in the society. However, he is turned away and treated harshly because he does not look like a normal human, he looks like a monster leading him to be overcome by rage and be the monster he is seen as. Therefore, the creature is portrayed as morally ambiguous because of the good and evil that can be seen in him throughout the novel.
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For example, he understands that he only wanted revenge on Victor and he wishes that he had not been created. This can be seen when the creature says, “CURSED, CURSED creator! Why did I live? Why in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence… despair had not yet taken possession of me; my feelings were of those of rage and have revenge. I could with pleasure have destroyed the cottage and its inhabitants…” (97). Therefore, showing that even though he knew that he could have killed the cottagers for rejecting him he realized that it would only be out of revenge and he asks why Victor had not killed him before. Moreover, at the end of the novel the creature's rage and hatred is gone after finding out that Victor has died. The creature tells Walton that he never meant to hurt anyone, he says, “Oh, Frankenstein! generous and self-devoted being! what does it avail that I now ask thee to pardon me? I, who irretrievably destroyed thee by destroying all thou lovedst.” (163). The creatures asks Victor to forgive him for all the evil he has caused and the torture that he put him through because he feels guilty for all that he has done. This reveals that the creature was a good person even though he had committed murders, because he was able to realize that what he was doing was bad and he went to ask for forgiveness because of the guilt he
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For example, he understands that he only wanted revenge on Victor and he wishes that he had not been created. This can be seen when the creature says, “CURSED, CURSED creator! Why did I live? Why in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence… despair had not yet taken possession of me; my feelings were of those of rage and have revenge. I could with pleasure have destroyed the cottage and its inhabitants…” (97). Therefore, showing that even though he knew that he could have killed the cottagers for rejecting him he realized that it would only be out of revenge and he asks why Victor had not killed him before. Moreover, at the end of the novel the creature's rage and hatred is gone after finding out that Victor has died. The creature tells Walton that he never meant to hurt anyone, he says, “Oh, Frankenstein! generous and self-devoted being! what does it avail that I now ask thee to pardon me? I, who irretrievably destroyed thee by destroying all thou lovedst.” (163). The creatures asks Victor to forgive him for all the evil he has caused and the torture that he put him through because he feels guilty for all that he has done. This reveals that the creature was a good person even though he had committed murders, because he was able to realize that what he was doing was bad and he went to ask for forgiveness because of the guilt he