Dr. Victor Frankenstein, he is the most famous “mad scientist” of all times. Even though in the novel Frankenstein, he is hardly mad or evil. Victor is a complex character in the novel that can’t be defined as either hero or villain, because in the novel, he shows qualities that make him good and bad. The motives of Dr. Frankenstein are a mix of containing greater knowledge and pursuing the greater good, and personal ambition. He shows the good in him by working endlessly and putting a lot of effort in his experiments. However, when the creature comes to life, that is overshadowed. Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a man with great dedication and good intentions, but with a mixture of different motivations and…
Frankenstein is a novel book in which the mistake of Victor leads to the death of his loved ones. A scientist decides to interfere in the plans of nature and nature represented by the creature severely punishes him for that. Only “God” should take responsibility of creating a human form of life. Victor and the monster both die.…
Throughout the novel, The Monster is characterized as a sensitive being; he wants to be loved and resents the fact that he was rejected by Frankenstein. As he gains knowledge and begins to grow more intelligent, The Monster comes to the realization that Victor abandoned him, that he is unwanted. This frustrates him as he continually gets rejected by society. Although Victor seems to think very highly of himself, The Monster has a very low self-esteem, “I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on” (pg #), which stems from his rejection by both Victor and society as a whole. This character trait of The Monster makes the sort of selfishness of Victor, as it shows that, in his search for fame and glory, he was uncaring of the consequences. In creating The Monster, Victor’s intentions were not what they should have been; instead of trying to create life in order to make the world better, he was doing is for the sole purpose of becoming a God-like person. His God-complex is apparent in other parts of the novel as well, when he meets The Monster in the mountains and they have a conversation about Victor’s want to destroy The…
In the book Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, secretly blames Victor throughout the course of the novel as the cause of his own suffering and pain. Victor ultimately is the one and only monster within the novel because of relationship that has built between him and the monster. Victor Frankenstein has created a monster that throughout the novel harms him because of his lack of responsibility and selfishness. The monster commits a number of different crimes which in return causes Victor to view him as the true monster however if Victor wasn’t so self- concerned with achieving his own goals, he would have seen the negative effects of the way he treated the monster earlier then he did.…
he back domestic rapidly after receiving a letter from his soon to be wife, elisabeth. even though victor become still laid low with a few emotional misery, he became nonetheless able to go back home, not like the creature who had no one to love and couldn't be frequent with the aid of any ordinary human, hence having no manner of escaping his isolation. the creature's want for interest led him to the murders of the human beings closest to victor. he instructed victor that he "will revenge my accidents: if i can't encourage love, i can motive worry, and mainly towards you my archenemy, due to the fact my writer, do i swear inextinguishable hatred"(139) homicide became the creature's way of receiving interest. the more he killed victor's loved ones, the more interest the creature received from victor. in the end he had killed all people near victor and had received victor's complete attention, whilst victor vowed to do everything inside his "power to capture the monster."(a hundred ninety) now each victor and the creature had nobody to love, best one individual to are seeking for revenge…
The feeling of revenge towards one another begins when Victor abandons his monster. Victor leaves him with nothing except one change of clothes and a pair of boots. The monster, with the brain capacity of an infant, has no one to guide or teach him how to speak, learn, write etc. Once the monster learns how to read, from watching the DeLacey family, he finds Victor’s notepad in the pocket of his jacket and discovers his creator’s thoughts on creating him. After reading his notepad, the monster plans to kill everyone who despises him for his hideous looks. Soon after the monster’s killings of Victor’s family members, Victor strives to gain revenge on the monster for his killings (Shmoop editorial team). Although Victor never gains revenge on the monster, the monster fulfills his revenge plan on Victor by killing his wife on their wedding night. “I shall be with you on your wedding night.” (Shelley, Mary, p. 149) presents the theme of revenge that Shelley is portraying throughout the book between the monster and Victor. Not only does Victor’s relationship with his creation spark revenge, but Victor’s mother also impacts the way Victor approaches his…
Although the monster murdered Victors loved ones', it is ultimately Victors own fault that his creation murdered innocent people. The initial creation of the monster is the main reason as to why Victor is to blame for the tragedies. However, the monster was given life, the killings could have also been avoided if Victor took responsibility for his creation. Rather, he abandoned his creation, and left the monster alone, confused in an unfamiliar world. "Was I, then, a monster, a blot upon the earth, from which all men fled and whom all men disowned? (Shelly, 108)" It is believed that this feeling of abandonment angered the monster, Victors' creation, resulting in revenge on the creator man who created him. The monster killed the people close to Victor because he was not brought up to know the difference between right and wrong. Victor's younger brother was the first victim: "You belong to the enemy- to him towards whom I have sworn eternal revenge; you shall…
In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, her two main characters, Victor Frankenstein and Frankenstein’s monster both play an important heroic role. Shelly wrote Frankenstein when science was major concern of everyone and was surging all over. Victor Frankenstein is an intelligent scientist who has the desire to do something people say was impossible. Dr. Frankenstein and his family are the most distinguished people of republic of Geneva. His dad married Caroline and adopted a girl name Elizabeth and her age is the same as Victor.…
Despite the fact that after being treated the way he was by others, the monster seeks revenge for Victor’s abandonment and for making him an unbearable scene to be seen by mankind. Throughout the novel, the creature seeks revenge by killing Victor’s love ones one by one. In Chapter 11 when the monster is telling his tale to Victor he states, “… but I had hardly placed my foot within the door, before the children shrieked, and one of the women fainted…and fearfully took refuge in a low hovel...” Yet, after seeing the dark side of the monster Victor is still un-human for his abandonment of his creation. It’s a horrible thing to abandon one’s creation and very cruel to leave a defenseless thing roams about by itself in the world and hoping that it will die soon. Victor was wrong to abandon his creation because of its appearances; he didn’t bother to get to know the poor monster. The author did a great job making the reader feel more sorrow for the monster than for Victor. The monster has been attacked and hurt for doing either nothing at all or helping others.…
Throughout Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, readers are introduced to many different types of heroes. In the beginning, the monster is introduced as one of the main heroes in Shelley’s Novel, who is considered a “Byronic” hero due to his arrogant personality and exile status. The monster wants to help people, but he is shunned by the rest of society, so he never gets the chance to prove himself worthy of being a hero. We also can describe Elizabeth as a kind of “Everyman” hero due to her loving and caring personality when her fiancé is away and her “mother” was dying of an illness that was caused by Elizabeth’s scarlet fever. Elizabeth took care of everyone and their feelings. Since we know there are heroes in the story, who is the villain?…
Victor Frankenstein’s monster, appearing in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, represents a sympathetic character. The monster is a sympathetic character because he is in search for a companion: being abandoned by his creator and rejected by society, who misunderstands him. He’s shown the ideal family dynamic through the De Lacey’s, and he shows selflessness to save a girl from drowning, later being shot as a result. This abomination without a name gradually acquires sympathy throughout the text.…
The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, propose a character whose name is Victor Frankenstein, to be immoral to the society of the time. Victor Frankenstein is supposed to be the role model of the creature, this would come along with teaching It right from wrong as well as good from bad. His duties as a creator would also go along the lines of teaching him how to behave in a society, which is completely new for the monster, and no matter what his defects or what the situation are, Victor was supposed to support him all the way and always.…
Villain" is a theme constantly brought up in cartoons, novels, stories, and has existed ever since the beginning of time. From Homer's the Odyssey to Ursula Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea, there is not one story on this planet without a hero and a villain. Frankenstein emulates the blurred distinctions between the two, when a well-meaning, misunderstood monster and a happy-gone depressed scientist in Italy trade roles multiple times within the story. M. Frankenstein, a scientist and natural philosopher creates an eight-foot tall being (implied to be made of body parts of random corpses in the movies), that gets loose and upon seeing the world, discovers the coldness of humanity. After learning to speak and read, the creature finds a portion of M. Frankenstein's diary written during the process of creating the ogre. The creature (who we will call Prometheus2 from now on) in its fury at the harshness of human nature murders two people whom are family to Frankenstein due to the fact that Frankenstein created him. Later on these two characters completely reverse roles in that Frankenstein becomes the one obsessed with revenge like Prometheus2 once was. This change in character is something that should be studied and explored because of its relevance in terms of moral behavior, and human…
Mary Shelley’s ability to create such multidimensional characters in Frankenstein proves that writing is a powerful tool that has the ability to provoke vastly different opinions amongst readers. Even though each individual reading the story is reading the exact same words, their interpretation of those words often leads to opposing views in regards to the fate of the characters. The creature, in particular, has been a popular topic of discussion when conducting a close read of the novel due to his arguable versatility as a victim and villain. The concept of the villain has evolved over the years, however its basis still rests upon the simple fact that as a character in the story, their actions are a result of malicious intentions ultimately negatively impacting the other characters in the story; that is they are the antagonist. Whether it is Tybalt from Romeo and Juliet, the wicked witch of the west from The Wizard of Oz, Lord Voldemort from Harry Potter, or Victor Frankenstein in Frankenstein, all villains possess certain traits that classify them in this category as the “evil-doers”. Villains are usually selfish, lack remorse, unbelievably obsessed with achieving their goals regardless of the repercussions of their actions, and solely concerned with attaining power. Conversely, the victims of these stories: Romeo and Juliet, Dorothy, Harry Potter and the creature, respectively, become a part of the collateral damage that results from the actions of the villains. This holds true for Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in the sense that the creature is a victim of circumstances, always having to react to the selfish actions of his creator Victor Frankenstein. The creature’s journey and fate render him a victim in this story based on the following criteria: he is essentially an orphan abandoned by his creator; his “evil” actions are driven by his yearning for love, not revenge; his actions are not malevolent as there are a reaction to the evil acts of Victor; and he feels…
The creature created by Victor Frankenstein was very vicious and evil as described in the story. The book creates an image of the creature as a monster that murders people close to Victor. The monster is actually a victim of an injustice taking place. The creature understands that in his life there is no justice, he tries to make himself perfect in order to change his injustice, and the willingness of searching for fairness gives the story a sense of inspiration and life lessons.…