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Victor's Decisions In Frankenstein

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The book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley in not a book about a dumb monster, but instead is a book of many highs and lows with the creature being intelligent and almost superhuman. Many different people's decisions in this book affect the people around them. This leads to the theme, your decisions have a side effect on others. Here are some reasons of why it is a theme. The first reason is the way Victors decisions affect others, next is the creature's decisions effects on others, and lastly is the way societies decisions affect others. To start off here is the first reason, Victor's decisions effects on others. Now this single man is probably the biggest example of the theme. He doesn't ever stop to think how his decisions might affect others but instead acts upon his own desires. Here are some examples …show more content…

Each person in society makes their own decisions and has their own thoughts. That's almost what society is, a mixture of people, whose decisions affect each other. In frankenstein the people's decisions affect not only themselves but others around them. An example of this are when Felix attacks the creature instead of giving him a chance to explain himself to the family(Shelley 95-98). Felix's decision to attack the creature added to its burning ember which was a hate for mankind. This resulted in the creature burning down their house while leaving in determination to get revenge no only on his master but mankind. Another example is when the creature is at a point of almost finding peace and encounters a girl drowning. He valiantly saves the little girl from the river as man comes out and shoots him(Shelley 102-103). That rips the little bit of love and charity that the creature has remaining inside. Both of those examples finalize the creatures hate and lead to the death of william and other destruction caused by the creature because of the people's decisions to reject the

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