Similarities Between Victor And Frankenstein
In the novel, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor, a man that finds the secret to cheating life creates an 8-foot tall man that haunts him for the rest of his life. In the novel, Victor and the creature never have a good relationship, and it seems to make them look like they are very different when they are not.Throughout the book, Mary Shelley suggests that the creature and Victor are very different, but they are actually very similar.
They both have the same personalities. In the novel, both Victor and Frankenstein want to help others at first “This was then the reward of my benevolence!”(Shelley 120) “When I mingled with other families, I distinctly discerned how peculiarly fortunate my lot was, and gratitude assisted the development of
filial love”(Shelley 9). This eventually changes for both of them when the misery of life makes compels them to want a companion to ease their agony “the result was that Elizabeth Lavenza . . .my more than sister.”(Shelley 23) “You must create a female for me with whom I can live in the interchange of those sympathies necessary for my being”(Shelley 120). Victor and the creature personalities are so alike that they even share the same downfall.
The monster that haunts Victor haunts the creature too. In the novel, both Victor and the creature are incapable of reflecting love if none is given back “When I reflected on his crimes and malice, my hatred and revenge burst all bounds of moderation. I would have made a pilgrimage to the highest peak of the Andes”(Shelley 96) “I could with pleasure have destroyed the cottage and its inhabitants and have glutted myself with their shrieks and misery”(Shelley 111). Once kindness is not given back they both start to exhibit an emotion of revenge that results in their downfall and the making of unspeakable horrors.
The most important similarity that both Victor and Frankenstein share is their fall into madness “My protectors had departed and had broken the only link that held me to the world. For the first time the feelings of revenge and hatred filled my bosom, and I did not strive to control them, but allowing myself to be borne away by the stream, I bent my mind towards injury and death”(Shelley 110) “whom to bring up to good, and whose future lot it was in their hands to direct to happiness or misery, according as they fulfilled their duties towards me”(Shelley 57). In the end, they both gravitated toward insanity for one reason revenge. Revenge had swelled up in their hearts to the point of no return. Therefore, making Victor and the creature both monsters which makes them the same.
In the novel, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor, a man that finds the secret to cheating life creates an 8-foot tall man that haunts him for the rest of his life. In the novel, Victor and the creature never have a good relationship, and it seems to make them look like they are very different when they are not. They end up being one in the same. They both cherish being loved, but hate giving love when not received and finally they both went down the same tunnel of madness that drove them to become monsters.
They both have the same personalities. In the novel, both Victor and Frankenstein want to help others at first “This was then the reward of my benevolence!”(Shelley 120) “When I mingled with other families, I distinctly discerned how peculiarly fortunate my lot was, and gratitude assisted the development of
filial love”(Shelley 9). This eventually changes for both of them when the misery of life makes compels them to want a companion to ease their agony “the result was that Elizabeth Lavenza . . .my more than sister.”(Shelley 23) “You must create a female for me with whom I can live in the interchange of those sympathies necessary for my being”(Shelley 120). Victor and the creature personalities are so alike that they even share the same downfall.
The monster that haunts Victor haunts the creature too. In the novel, both Victor and the creature are incapable of reflecting love if none is given back “When I reflected on his crimes and malice, my hatred and revenge burst all bounds of moderation. I would have made a pilgrimage to the highest peak of the Andes”(Shelley 96) “I could with pleasure have destroyed the cottage and its inhabitants and have glutted myself with their shrieks and misery”(Shelley 111). Once kindness is not given back they both start to exhibit an emotion of revenge that results in their downfall and the making of unspeakable horrors.
The most important similarity that both Victor and Frankenstein share is their fall into madness “My protectors had departed and had broken the only link that held me to the world. For the first time the feelings of revenge and hatred filled my bosom, and I did not strive to control them, but allowing myself to be borne away by the stream, I bent my mind towards injury and death”(Shelley 110) “whom to bring up to good, and whose future lot it was in their hands to direct to happiness or misery, according as they fulfilled their duties towards me”(Shelley 57). In the end, they both gravitated toward insanity for one reason revenge. Revenge had swelled up in their hearts to the point of no return. Therefore, making Victor and the creature both monsters which makes them the same.
In the novel, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor, a man that finds the secret to cheating life creates an 8-foot tall man that haunts him for the rest of his life. In the novel, Victor and the creature never have a good relationship, and it seems to make them look like they are very different when they are not. They end up being one in the same. They both cherish being loved, but hate giving love when not received and finally they both went down the same tunnel of madness that drove them to become monsters.