Monsters Are Not Born, They Are Created A monster is classified as someone hideous, commits poor actions, and is of considerable size. Gris Grimly introduces the audience to such a horrendous creation in his graphic novel Frankenstein. He illustrates the horrible actions the creation had committed to tearing down others. Although others may present reasonable evidence for Victor, they are inaccurate because they lack the reason behind his actions. Overall, Grimly’s graphic novel, Frankenstein proves the creation is the real monster for multiple reasons: his unnatractive looks and wrongdoing actions. One reason the creation is the real monster is that the creation is very large in size and grotesque. While Victor was beginning to put the …show more content…
After Victor had taken a few moments to inspect his creation, Victor states, “Unable to endure the aspects of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room, and threw myself on the bed in my clothes, endeavouring to seek a few moments of forgetfulness” (Grimly 42). This quote tells the reader Victor was terrified of the sight of the creation. His only option was to flee the lab after seeing a huge, ugly creature. The creation had finally found Victor hiding in his bed: “I took refuge in the court-yard belonging to the house which I inhabited; where remained during the rest of the night, walking up and down in the greatest agitation, listening attentively, catching and fearing each sound as if it were to announce the approach of the demoniacal corpse to which I had so miserably given life” (Grimly 45). Many may use this quote to show Victor running away again after the creation has found him. This quote really tells us Victor is aware of the horrible creation he had made and never meant to make it look or act the way it does. To summarize everything that had been stated, the creation is the real monster for three reasons: its considerable size, ugly appearance and horrible
During the night of Victor’s creation, he had horrible visions about the creature. He realized how nasty and horrific the creature he made was, and out of fear abandoned his creation and went to the streets out of fear without even confronting it. Victor runs off from the monster and says, “I passed the night wretchedly. Sometimes my pulse beat so quickly and hardly that I felt the palpitation of every artery; at others, I nearly sank to the ground through languor and extreme weakness.” Shelley, 43.
My final reason to think that the creation is a monster is that Victor Frankenstein is motivated by pride, scientific curiosity, and the hope of healing human faults to build a huge creature out of corpse parts that become so ugly in life that no one can treat this monster with anything but fear and rage. So even if we accept him as a human we will always see him as a monster. On the other hand, some may think that Frankenstein's creation is a human because he showed that he cared about life when he went and gave food to the family that needed it while this is a valid point thou he still got mentally and physically harmed by them due to his appearance if they got to know him better he would still be a monster cause he stalked them and slept in their
Keeping that in mind, why did Victor leave his creation, not knowing, if he could harm anyone or thing close by? Victor never thought about the repercussions of his act and acted in defence of himself, leaving the monster to defend for himself and experience things without the help of his creator. All Victor says is, “He might of spoken, but I did not hear; one hand was stretched out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped and rushed downstairs” (Shelley 36). He fled from his creation leaving the monster by itself before he knew what the monster was doing.
Gavin Rhoda Ms. Straayer English 12 20 March 2023 The Creation of a Monster Mary Shelly has Victor Frankenstien create a monster in the book “Frankenstein. She does this in a multitude of ways. Some ways are through the Creatures actions which he is to blame, society and their responses to him, and Victor's own negligence/rejectance towards his Creature. There is evidence written all over the book on how “Frankenstein” is a revenge story.
In the graphic novel book Frankenstein, written by Gris Grimly, Victor is the real monster because he did not take responsibility as a creator, and he turned a creature full of humanity into an evil monster. Victor is the real devil because he did not care about the creation, and he never came back to find him. The day Victor created the creature, he was incautious: “I issued into the streets, pacing them with quick steps as if I sought to avoid the wretch whom I feared every turning of the street would present to my view. I did not dare return to the apartment I inhabited” (Grimly 46). He went out to hang out with his best friend, Henry, and by the time he returned, the creation was gone.
In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor used the things he was learning to create something new. Although Victor created the creature, the creature in Frankenstein is more monstrous because he chose his path which was revenge. Since the creature was not accepted by society it led him to destroying many people's lives so he could take revenge on Victor. The reason the creature is a monster is because a monster is someone/something that has an abnormal appearance, cruel actions, is inhumane, and lacks empathy.
In the novel, the monster is portrayed as a grotesque and unnatural creature. He is not human, and he is not an animal. He is a creation that defies the laws of nature. Victor believes that the monster's existence is an affront to the natural order of things. He believes that the monster has no right to exist and that it is his duty to correct this unnatural state of affairs.
An example that can identify Victor as being the true villain in the story is Victor's lack of thought and deposition when he sees the creature he had created. He states that he is “Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room and continued a long time traversing my bedchamber, unable to compose my mind to sleep”(Shelley 59). This quote exemplifies how Victor immediately despises the creature based on its looks and abandons it rather than taking the creature under his wing to give it guidance and care. It also demonstrates the ambition of creating new life for scientific achievement, without considering the consequences. Another example that we see victor lack a sense of guidance and responsibility is his talk with the creature he states that he “consents” to the monster's request and will “deliver into your hands a female who will accompany you”(Shelley 159).
Victor conveys that any human cannot withstand the ugliness of the face of the monster. A simile is used to compare a mummy risen from the dead is not even as close to disturbing as the despicable monster he created. The Dante references to Dante’s Inferno, Dante has come across many demons in hell but, even Frankenstein’s monster is viler than any demon in hell. In response to the monster being born Victor flees in horror. He wants nothing to do with the monster it frightens him so that he deserts it to fend for itself in his apartment not caring about any sort of trouble the monster can cause: “I then reflected, and the thought made me shiver, that the creature whom I had left in my apartment might still be in there, alive and walking about.
In Mary Shelley novel called Frankenstein, the character of the Monster is shown as a true monster. A real monster is someone who withholds information, lack of remorse, and avoid responsibility, lying and many more. Victor Frankenstein created the monster, but Victor is also a very complex character in the novel. Victor created the monster for scientific researched; he was studying the dead and wanted to be the first person that brought the dead back to life.
He had achieved his goal, which is best showcased in his saying that “I was like the Arabian who had been buried with the dead and found a passage to life, aided only by one glimmering and seemingly ineffectual light, ”(Shelley 37). He had created life, and his quest for knowledge had been supposedly complete. This is what makes the monster so terrifying for Victor. The monster is terrifying for Victor. It represents his biggest fear- unpredictability.
(Shelley 56). This is the reason that Victor did not realize he had gone too far until it was too late. Once victor brings the creature to life, he immediately realizes the hideousness of what he has done: “Now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.” (Shelley 56). Furthermore, Victor struggles to cope with his creation throughout the novel.
He felt he had created an “ugly monster” and that he had made a mistake. The countenance of the creature immediately scared off Victor even though it was his creation. “Oh! no mortal could support the horror of that countenance.” (Shelley 48)
“A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me.’’ He shows that he truly loves creating but is filled with hatred from what he has created because it has killed the ones he loves. This isn't just the creatures doing; Victor has been the one to make him into what he is. Victor would not let the creature have a mate and rejected him causing it to kill all of his loved ones and flee away. “Nothing in human shape could have destroyed that fair child.
Readers can conclude that Victor Frankenstein is the actual monster in Frankenstein because of how he views himself, how he creates destruction, and how he destroys himself. Many people characterize themselves as being a monster because of their self-image. Readers can deduce that Victor thinks he is a gruesome individual because of what creates. Even though he is not at fault, he blames himself for every atrocious act that his creation carries out. Additionally, Frankenstein permits readers to come the conclusion that Victor sees himself as being lethal and malignant.