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Your Name: Manjinder Singh Mrs. McDaniel Date Who is the monster? Thesis Statement. In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Victor is the monster. Body Paragraph 1. Victor is the monster because of him the monster had to face many challenges one of them being loneliness.“You must create a female for me, with whom I can live in the interchange of those sympathies necessary for my being. ¨(Shelly Pg 103). He tells Victor that if he had a mate who was a similarly hideous creature, he would take her and leave humanity alone. Because of his traumatic experience of coming into the world abandoned, alone, and confused, the monster has no one to help him or guide him. He also does not even recognize what he is, which makes him feel even …show more content…

Victor Frankenstein is the monster because of his selfishness. He allowed Justine to die innocently when he could have said something and saved her. "A thousand times rather would I confessed myself guilty of the crime ascribed to Justine but such ravings would accuse me of being a madman”.This speaks of not just selfishness, but the egocentrism of this character. He rather let someone close die than be called a madman. Victor is remarkably self-centered, focusing on his suffering instead of Justine’s, and his refusal to come forward comes across as the epitome of selfishness. He assumes no one would believe him rather than try to help his friend. He could simply say he has an enemy who wishes him harm, who he’s seen at the site of his brother’s murder that’s not hard to believe and would give the court reasonable doubt on Justine’s behalf. Victor wrestles with his own guilt and confession regarding William’s death. He knows his confession would not matter and only make him look mad. Victor is indirectly responsible for Justine's death as well as William's because he lets his ambition consume him and disregards his health, happiness, and even his family. Additionally, only moments after the monster is created, he abandons it without taking responsibility for his

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