Who Is Victor Obsessive In Frankenstein

Dylan Textor
Mrs. Schroder
English IV Standard
4 December 2016
Frankenstein: Creator to Creation In this novel, Victor Frankenstein is a scientist that has a very strong passion for how the human body is put together. His passion quickly turns obsessive when he starts pondering around the idea of making a human from scratch. He locks himself away in his apartment so no one can see what he is creating. One night when the creation was finished, Victor brought the monster to life. The looks of the monster terrified Victor and he abandoned it. Throughout this story, the monster teaches himself different skills and also does a lot of horrible things that Victor Frankenstein should take the blame for since he is the creator.
The first sign of
the monsters actions happened when Victor Frankenstein received a letter from his father. In this letter, it told Victor that his brother had died in Geneva. Victor spends the night wandering outside the walls of the city and when he comes across the spot his brother was murdered, he sees the monster. At this point, Victor assumes the monster is responsible for his brother's death but soon finds out the family maid was taking the blame for it. Though she was not guilty, Justine confesses to the crime hoping for a lesser punishment but still ends up being executed. This is the first time Victor Frankenstein is feeling guilty for creating the monster because two members of his family are now dead due to his creation.
When Victor decides to travel to the top of a mountain to seek peace, he finds himself face to face with the monster.
Since Victor is the creator, the monster does not want to hurt him and they sit down and talk about how his life has been so far. The monster teaches himself many necessary skills through the process of trial and error. He figures out that a fire can provide him with heat by adding more logs and could make food more edible. The monster finds out that he needs to avoid human contact succeeding his experience coming across a village and after observing some of the villagers, he teaches himself how to speak the human language. This is another common attribute between Victor and the monster because they both isolated themselves from society to study and achieve a goal they were striving for.
After finding a bag filled with books, the monster teaches himself how to read. Paradise Lost is one of the pieces of literature and after reading it, the monster finds a lot of similarities between his life and the book. The monster also realizes what a horrible life he has and blames Victor for creating him. This new found rage is what puts the monster in a revenge seeking mindset. Victor should take responsibility for this because if he did not abandon the monster at the beginning of the book, the monster would not have become aggressive and no one would have got
hurt.
The monster blames all of his actions on loneliness and tells Victor if he makes him a female mate then he would disappear forever. After telling the monster he would make him a mate, Victor decides his decision was wrong and destroys his new project. This decision leads to Victor’s fiancee getting murdered by the monster. Again, although Victor did not commit the crime, he is still responsible for his monsters actions and makes it his goal to destroy him.
In the end, Victor Frankenstein and the monster were not so different. Although Victor never murdered anyone, they both were just looking to move on with their lives. The monster was looking for a mate and Victor wanted for all this to be over so he could marry his fiancee.