Molly McKay
AP Language 2nd Hour
Mr. Daily
Jan 17, 2023
This is my Third Time Writing About Stupid Victor and Why he is Stupid
In the famous novel “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein’s creature is blatantly mistreated by his creator and misunderstood by the people around him. Mary Shelley introduces the daemon as a hideous creation made by Victor. Being appalled by the creature Victor instantly abandoned it, whose goals now are finding his creator again, and finding out why he is alive. Only by understanding the creature’s story can the reader form a full opinion of the creature and react more sympathetically. Early into the creature's creation, we as readers know very little of his story. At this point in the novel, we
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He talks of how lonely he was, and that he was rejected based on appearance and there was nothing he could do of it. Although this is true, the monster over explains how he was feeling throughout this time. The reader only hears of his sorrow filled troubles and how angry he was at Victor for abandoning him. He tries to justify the murder of William through his pitfullness. The reader can almost fall for this until the monster kills Victor’s friend Henry and his bride Elizabeth. These two acts are seemingly provoked by the dismantelment of his own bride, but these two did not truly deserve their untimely deaths. Readers continue to sympahise with the creature as his story sadenss with the loss of his only hope of having a companion. The creature’s only true goal is now compromised as Victor resents him even more, and he still has an appalling appearance.The cards have all stacked up against the creature, he has nothing left to do other than run. The creature’s story ends with his own demise after years of running is his own solitude, Victor following close behind. For anyone this is a sorrow filled story full of murder, where the only person to blame in the end is
Victor is tormented by the creatures ambition and this leaves Victor a void of his former self, subject to anything he puts his mind to and it is this form of himself that leads him ever so closer to the end of his days. Left a hollowed out version of himself, Victor is unable to cope with the loss of all of his friends and family through the hands of his own creation and seeks to right all of his
The creature is wretched from the moment he is given life, and is immediately abandoned by his creator (34). He is rejected and hated, for no reason other than the fact that he exists, by no choice of his own, but rather as the result of Frankenstein’s obsession with knowledge. The first time he is even privy to any show of kindness is after he has fled and hidden himself in a cellar. He has no capacity for language and has only known fear and disdain. He receives his education by watching a poor, but gentle family as they interact with one another.
Victor tries to stop him but fails and ends up getting killed himself.
Generally, when people think of a monster, the first thing that comes to mind is a hideous, gruesome, inhuman creature - not a seemingly innocent person. In Frankenstein, a gothic graphic novel written by Gris Grimly, the narrator - Victor Frankenstein - faces conflict that makes his innocence questionable. This graphic novel proves that a monster does not necessarily equate to a hideous, unwanted creature. Some people suspect that the creature is a monster due to its violent behavior and cruel actions. The truth, contrastingly, is that the true monster of this novel is Victor, not the creature, because he chose to create the creature yet neglected it and failed to apologize or acknowledge his wrongdoing.
The monster proclaims that he will make Victor’s life miserable by taking the people he loves from him. Emotionally, the reader gains sympathy for Victor because he has and will lose loved ones, but they also know that VIctor has brought this fate upon himself. This shows that Victor is not the killer because the monster has openly declared that he has made Victor’s life horrible. Finally, Victor could not be the killer because he holds too much love for his family. Especially for Elizabeth Victor
Victor himself made many selfish choices during the length of the story, one of which can be found in Chapter 8 when Victor says, “A thousand times rather would I have confessed myself guilty of the crime ascribed to Justine; when I was absent
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a gothic novel that tells the story of scientist, Victor Frankenstein, and his obsession with creating human life. This leads him to creating a gruesome monster made of body-parts stolen from grave yards, whom upon discovering his hideousness, the monster seeks revenge against his creator, causing Victor to regret the creation of his monster for the rest of his life. Shelley uses the literary elements of personification, imagery, and similes to give a vivid sense and visualization of Victor Frankenstein’s thoughts and feelings as well as to allow us to delve deeper into the monster’s actions and emotions. Throughout the novel, Shelley uses personification of various forces and objects to reflect the effect in Victor’s actions.
Victor failed in his creation. The literary criticism states “Through one of those science fictional “secret formulae” he succeeds and is tempted by
Lastly, the monster kills Victor's beloved Elizabeth. This was due to Victor's inability to take the monster seriously with any of his demands or threats. Prior to the murder of Elizabeth, the monster warned Victor that he would be with him on his wedding night. Victor assumed this meant the monster was after him, when in fact that was far from the truth.
In order for that to happen, the creature decides to go after the people Victor cherishes the most, his family and his best friend Henry Clerval. His desire for revenge is also connected to his search for identity and meaning to his life. He feels like he was created with zero purpose and left without any guidance to get through the life in which he did not choose. When Victor refuses to make a companion in order for the creature not to be lonely, this is the creature’s last straw because he is constantly rejected, denied, and let down by the one person who was supposed to show him kindness and grace. Which has led to him then being destructive and hurting innocent people just
He despised the monster he believed he is; he stated that “when [he] heard the details of vice and bloodshed, [his] wonder ceased, and [he] turned away with disgust and loathing” (104). Therefore, he realized his flaws, which Victor failed to
The outcome of ambition is the defining factor between these novels. Victor’s
In the novel Frankenstein,by Mary Shelley, the mysterious and unnatural origins of the character of Frankenstein’s monster are an important element. The Monster, having been created unethically and haphazardly, is at odds throughout the novel, resulting in his alienation from society and prolonged feelings of anger, desertion, and loneliness. Shaping his character, his relationships with other characters, and the meaning of the work as a whole, the Monster’s origins are what define him. The Monster faces rejection and violence every time he attempts to make contact with the new, foreign world he has been thrust into.
Victor’s poor personal qualities and irresponsibility have led to the complete annihilation of his entire family. Victor chases after the monster and follows him from Geneva to the Mediterranean, then from there all the way to the barren land of Russia,