Frankenstein

Frankenstein Placing Blame Is man “at once so powerful, so virtuous and magnificent, yet so vicious and base'” (104). In Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein acquires the power to “give life to an animal as complex and wonderful as man” (38). In Victor’s eyes, this astonishing breakthrough in science should “unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation,” (33) and “pour a torrent of light into our dark world” (38). However, things go awry. Horrors of murder, pain, anguish, and despair soon plague the lives of all the characters in the novel. Frankenstein’s creation becomes a monster that vows “eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind” (126). Yet who is the primary cause of all this terror' Who is to blame for the innocent deaths: the creature or the creator' Although the creature has the power to exercise his will in murdering innocent people, the creator is ultimately at fault. Victor creates the monster with the wrong motives, designs him to be “hideously deformed and loathsome” (105), and does not give him the “love and fellowship” (204) every being desires and needs. Early in the novel, Victor’s ambition earns him much recognition franekstein, victor, monster, victor’s, being, creature, creation, out, never, love, life, creator, world, takes, one, novel, man, give, even, creates, wrong, upon, should, sees, science, power, physical, pain, motives, make, left, himself, hatred, handle, god, first, feelings, eyes, dreams, creating, consequences, 38, yet, work, whom, unable, ultimately, towards, thy, through