Who Is Victor's Juxtaposition In Frankenstein

The cliche, “no one is ever ready for a baby.” echoes in the homes of prospective parents. The create a seemingly foolproof plan and hope for a child that makes them happy but, they are faced with unexpected challenges. Shelley’s juxtaposition of Victor’s admirable and disgusted tone reveals the unrequited unconditional love that a creation as for its creator who reacts with hatred and indifference. In the opening of the passage, Victor has reached the end of his two year long experiment of bringing life into the lifeless. Victor admired his creation’s features and declared them to be “Beautiful!” He describes the creature’s “limbs were in proportion”, his hair was “lustrous”, and “his teeth of a pearly whiteness”. The use of such words illustrates how much pride Victor takes in his work as it sleeps. He continues to show how enamored he was. Before the creature awakes, he was joyous and anxious to see the dead arise. He awaited his work to breathe the very life that he crafted by hand. In this case, Victor is the father awaiting the birth of his child after tirelessly trying to impregnate his spouse. However, he is emotionally punished by his child or immoral act committed.

Victor states, “...now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.” Victor then ran away from his reality when his illusion of divine power became too much to handle. He could not escape the “horror” of what he done. He could not avoid the “wretch” who miserably lived. The shift from enamour to repulsion, depicts the growing hatred that Victor has for product of an immoral act. Victor is desperately trying to leave the very product of his endeavours and the torment of his mortal mind by