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Victor Frankenstein's Playing God
‘Daemon’ is the term Victor Frankenstein uses to refer to his monster. However, I believe the real daemon is Victor himself. Firstly, I think his obsession with playing God in the beginning of the novel can be associated with a common belief that ‘playing God’ is an act of the devil. This belief is often found in religions as it is believed that God is the only and ultimate creator and to take upon creating new life into your own hands is evil. Victor explicitly posses this trait as, mentioned before, it is what drives him to create his creature. Furthermore, Victor rejects his creation once he is no longer fascinated by it. Although this behavior is not a direct correlation to the devil, it is cruel and unright. Moreover, Victor’s relations
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