Loss Of Knowledge In Frankenstein

Like Frankenstein, the Monster’s quests for knowledge only enhances his misfortunate life. This further allows readers to dissect the consequences associated with knowledge and the Monster’s responsibility in his fate and therefore parallels Victor’s and the Monster’s relationship with their misfortune. Knowledge, in the case of the Monster, ruins his naive understanding of his world. After the Monster sees the love Felix has for Safie he laments, “"Of what a strange nature is knowledge! It clings to the mind, when it has once seized on it, like a lichen on the rock.” (85). Until this scene, the Monster understands he does not live in the best scenario, although is unaware of how poor his conditions truly are. Furthermore the Monster’s comparison of himself to a rock acts as an ironically fitting portrayal- an inanimate object. The comparison between the Monster and Victor continues to remind readers that the Monster was not gifted with emotion, nor is the Monster technically human. The Monster in this scenario much rather not know what he
The Monster compares Victor to God, as they both act as creators, although immediately points out every reason Victor cannot be a God. He then continues on to create his own hierarchy where even the devil reigns supreme to Victor and himself. This contrasts Victor’s previous imagery of hierarchy since the Monster places Victor at the bottom, confronting Victor on the consequences of his actions. Victor’s character suffers due to his quest for knowledge to solve answers, yet the Monster suffers for his knowledge of the very same answers Victor suffers to find. The misfortunes for both Victor and the Monster due to their knowledge links readers to question the determination each character had in their fate, as a construed creature and a human, and what this can say about their own