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The Similarities Between Victor Frankenstein And Lady Macbeth

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Victor Frankenstein and Lady Macbeth take it upon themselves to call evil spirits to help them in their endeavors, in the end the calling of spirits is no help and things end badly for both characters. This theme of calling on spirits is a common one in literature, though the results may not be exactly what the characters had hoped to accomplish in most cases. The calling on of evil spirits ends negatively for both Victor Frankenstein and Lady Macbeth, ultimately leading to their deaths. Victor Frankenstein spent a lot of time in his younger years creating his creature, his goal was to make it perfect and to be the first to create life in this way. His creation turned out to be a disaster and Victor's irresponsibility led to the monster becoming exactly that. Throughout Shelly's novel, Victor struggles with the atrocities that he has committed and must live with the fact that he crated a creature who became a murderer. After Frankenstein's refusal to create a companion for his first creature, the creatures retaliation causes the deaths of Victors loved ones. It is because of this that victor calls upon the evil spirits and swears vengeance against the monster. …show more content…

The evil spirits that were supposed to bring him aid in enacting his vengeance do nothing for him except to bring him further suffering until in the end he dies without having kept his promise of revenge. In the end, Victors attempts were futile in bringing the monster to its demise, it is rather the opposite in fact. After Victor's death, the monster sees his master dead and vows to kill himself in a funeral

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