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I loved this comment of yours and I agree. I felt the exact same way when I read it.
as we proceed in the story we can easily figure out dat d monster initially was a harmless creature until hatred n ill treatment of characters in the story forced him to turn violent...hence d creation of victor simply reflects unloved....
Agreed. Victor abandons him, and he's like a newborn with no parents to teach him right or wrong. Unable to form any relationships, the only thing he learned was a hatred for his Creator, and so he sets out to destroy everything he loves. By not taking responsibility for his creation, Frankenstein ends up creating a Beast without a conscience who doesn't know right from wrong. Yet in the end, the Creature regains part of his humanity by refusing to absolve himself of the crimes he committed in the past, and decides to pay his debt by killing himself. Truly tragic.
I'm sorry but I disagree with that statement.Victor is not responable for those death but the monster is. The monster knows right from wrong. Yes Victor abandon him but look around in the real world. There is lots of people that have been abandon but they did not kill anyone.
@Alegra421, true the creation did strike the death blows. However, I ask you this. How would you react if you were in his position? A creature that so unsightly and woven together with ill-fitting body parts, brought to life and then abandoned by the person created you. A parent if you will, the one you are supposed to look to for love and comfort? You run away in shame of yourself, and you try to find your way. Only to be the object of horror and disgust based on your looks, the looks that were given to you by the so called parent. No matter how intelligent you are, how eloquent you may be, that is enough to drive anyone into a fit of rage. Yes the monster is in the wrong, but Frankenstein created him, and left him alone, hence making him responsible for the actions of his creation. Even when Frankenstein had the opportunity to give his creation so sort of happiness by providing him with a female companion (with no fear they could reproduce because that wouldn't possible), he finished the second creation but refused to bring her to life, thus resulting in another death. When you make something, and it is living you take responsibility for its behavior and actions. In Frankenstein's case, the fact that if he had shown some for of love and compassion for the creation, all 4 deaths could have been avoided, makes him wholly responsible because he did not take responsibility for what he brought to life
It's an allegory of Gnosticism whereby God is a tyrant who creates evil in the world through repression.
Mary Wolstonecraft and Mary Shelley were the subject of my special study at Uni.
That is awesome, were you an English Major.
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I loved this comment of yours and I agree. I felt the exact same way when I read it.
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as we proceed in the story we can easily figure out dat d monster initially was a harmless creature until hatred n ill treatment of characters in the story forced him to turn violent...hence d creation of victor simply reflects unloved....
Agreed. Victor abandons him, and he's like a newborn with no parents to teach him right or wrong. Unable to form any relationships, the only thing he learned was a hatred for his Creator, and so he sets out to destroy everything he loves. By not taking responsibility for his creation, Frankenstein ends up creating a Beast without a conscience who doesn't know right from wrong. Yet in the end, the Creature regains part of his humanity by refusing to absolve himself of the crimes he committed in the past, and decides to pay his debt by killing himself. Truly tragic.
I'm sorry but I disagree with that statement.Victor is not responable for those death but the monster is. The monster knows right from wrong. Yes Victor abandon him but look around in the real world. There is lots of people that have been abandon but they did not kill anyone.
@Alegra421, true the creation did strike the death blows. However, I ask you this. How would you react if you were in his position? A creature that so unsightly and woven together with ill-fitting body parts, brought to life and then abandoned by the person created you. A parent if you will, the one you are supposed to look to for love and comfort? You run away in shame of yourself, and you try to find your way. Only to be the object of horror and disgust based on your looks, the looks that were given to you by the so called parent. No matter how intelligent you are, how eloquent you may be, that is enough to drive anyone into a fit of rage. Yes the monster is in the wrong, but Frankenstein created him, and left him alone, hence making him responsible for the actions of his creation. Even when Frankenstein had the opportunity to give his creation so sort of happiness by providing him with a female companion (with no fear they could reproduce because that wouldn't possible), he finished the second creation but refused to bring her to life, thus resulting in another death. When you make something, and it is living you take responsibility for its behavior and actions. In Frankenstein's case, the fact that if he had shown some for of love and compassion for the creation, all 4 deaths could have been avoided, makes him wholly responsible because he did not take responsibility for what he brought to life
It's an allegory of Gnosticism whereby God is a tyrant who creates evil in the world through repression.
Mary Wolstonecraft and Mary Shelley were the subject of my special study at Uni.
That is awesome, were you an English Major.
