The Downfall of Victor Frankenstein
Katy Yu
Mrs. Hagburg
English IV
30 November 2010
The Downfall of Victor Frankenstein
In many situations today, the children most common problem can be trace back to their family issue. Without a strong bond of relationship between their parents can consequently cause a destruction of children’s future. Even more, the children grow up unsteadily with aggressive behavior and the sign of depression. This has come to be a controversial issue and as well the depth of the story that is contain in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. To many misinterpretations from the movie, the creature itself was to accused to be a villain in the plot. As it show in Mary Shelly’s novel a deeper analysis has reveal that Victor Frankenstein is the real blame for neglecting the “child-monster”. As the novel begin, many readers does not find the theme of absent of parenting hood; instead, Mary Shelley’s novel reveals a cautionary tale of Victor Frankenstein that is about to be told to the explorer, Robert Walton. Although Victor was only considering about the pursuit of knowledge, the real story behind this novel was to show the failure of a parenting hood.
In Frankenstein, Victor encounter the monster during the night of it creation. He was horrify by the creature and said, “How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to form?”(Shelley 42). Its own creator would even be afraid of his own child that he had just created. The monster did not even made any movement or talked that Victor would soon left his own creation all alone, isolated. How can a father figure, left a child due to his ugly appearance? No parents should abandon their child no matter what the outcome is. From this point on, Victor has just demonstrated a failure as a role of a father.
Ironically, how would a child that is raised by an affectionate family lead to the destruction on his family? Victor has the ideal family that anyone would
Mrs. Hagburg
English IV
30 November 2010
The Downfall of Victor Frankenstein
In many situations today, the children most common problem can be trace back to their family issue. Without a strong bond of relationship between their parents can consequently cause a destruction of children’s future. Even more, the children grow up unsteadily with aggressive behavior and the sign of depression. This has come to be a controversial issue and as well the depth of the story that is contain in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. To many misinterpretations from the movie, the creature itself was to accused to be a villain in the plot. As it show in Mary Shelly’s novel a deeper analysis has reveal that Victor Frankenstein is the real blame for neglecting the “child-monster”. As the novel begin, many readers does not find the theme of absent of parenting hood; instead, Mary Shelley’s novel reveals a cautionary tale of Victor Frankenstein that is about to be told to the explorer, Robert Walton. Although Victor was only considering about the pursuit of knowledge, the real story behind this novel was to show the failure of a parenting hood.
In Frankenstein, Victor encounter the monster during the night of it creation. He was horrify by the creature and said, “How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to form?”(Shelley 42). Its own creator would even be afraid of his own child that he had just created. The monster did not even made any movement or talked that Victor would soon left his own creation all alone, isolated. How can a father figure, left a child due to his ugly appearance? No parents should abandon their child no matter what the outcome is. From this point on, Victor has just demonstrated a failure as a role of a father.
Ironically, how would a child that is raised by an affectionate family lead to the destruction on his family? Victor has the ideal family that anyone would
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