Who Is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein?

Who is the real Victor Frankenstein? Many people view the creature that he created to be his alter ego. Victor’s main objective is be a “god like” being, who can disobey the laws of nature and revive the dead. However, that did not happen. Based on Freud’s theory of the ego, id, and superego, Frankenstein creates a creature that reflects his inner self. After seeing the characterization of Victor and the creature, the reader will better understand how Freud’s theories are brought into play. To better understand the psychology of both characters, the reader must understand what Freud’s theory means. Freud’s theory of the ego, id, and superego were created by Sigmund Freud who was born on May 6, 1856, in a small town a part of the Austrian
(DeWolfe) The other agency along with the ego and the id is the superego. The superego is the part of a person’s personality that morals and restraints come from. Most of the qualities of that person’s superego come from the people that they are close to and the people that they are around the most. The reasoning behind this is, that people learn their morals and restraints from the people they look up to.(DeWolfe) For instance when a child is being disciplined by a parent, the child learns if I do this bad thing there will be consequences. With the rest of that child’s life it knows that if it does that same action, there will be a negative connotation. If the child tries to sway from the ways it was taught, it is going to be hard in the beginning because the child knows it is wrong. If the superego agency is strong within your personality it has the power to control the id, which is where your impulses are.(DeWolfe) Victor Frankenstein, what do we know about the creator of life? Victor Frankenstein had a wonderful family; he characterized them by being the very epitome of happiness. As a child, he has an amazing childhood with his best friend named Henry Clerval. Also while being a child, a young
In gothic literature the children are usually craving desire and love from their parental figures which they never get. The absence of this love and desire leads to the creature to lust after acceptance and yearn for friendship. As the layers of Victor’s personality are peeled back, the qualities of the creature, venture from the depths of his personality.. As a child he never had many friends, the only person other than his family that he was close to was Henry Clerval. He states that “It was my temper to avoid a crowd and to attach myself fervently to a few. I was indifferent, therefore, to my school-fellows in general; but I united myself in the bonds of the closest friendship to one among them.” (Shelley 23) The reason he uses for not having many friends is because of his temper. People that do not have a lot of friends are usually lonely and tend to view themselves as outcasts. As an outcast, there is nothing more that person wants than to be accepted. Frankenstein’s ego shows that he is a confident young scientist that is completely fine with who he is as a person. However if you look deep into Frankenstein the person, all he wants is for someone to accept him just like the creature. Another quality that they both share is that they both have uncontrollable rage. Victor has a rage that is not existent in his ego either, however Mary Shelley presents this rage as