At first, Victor says no, however, after hearing the monster's explanation of having a companion, he agrees. However, halfway through the second creation process, Victor changes his mind yet again and destroys the second monster before he gets a chance to put life into it. Victor’s reasoning is logical, but this decision doesn't make the situation better. The monster retaliates by saying, “Shall each man find a wife for his bosom, and each beast have his mate, and I be alone? I had feelings of affection, and they were
Freud argues on behalf of the monster because he interprets Victor's refusal to let the monster have a companion as a part of being mildly content. Victor convinces the real monster that he's going to build this new "companion" for him yet decides not to after considering reasoned ramifications at the costs of the lives of others he loves. Freud argues, "When any situation that is desired by the pleasure principle is prolonged, it only produces a feeling of mild contentment" (Freud 25). Victor is a monster in that he let's his own family die at the hands of the monster in order to make himself not look foolish after refusing to build the monster a woman-monster and to content himself with what is just in his eyes. Victor even travels for some time with his friend Clerval, ignoring his promised task to the monster in order to avoid further suffering.
Frankenstein himself also has a monstrosity to him because his ambition, secrecy, and selfishness make him isolated from society. Isolation is the key that makes these characters monstrous, because without the love and comfort of others it makes you less and less human. That is why the monster really desired a companion. Though isolation effected Frankenstein, the true reason he was monstrous was because he was consumed with hatred of something he created
Danger Monster –Essay Nikita Revenko People are often keen to sympathise with the lonely, socially inapt character, when it comes to a novel or a movie. A perfect example of that type of character is the creature in Mary Shelley’s book: Frankenstein. But when one starts to read in between the lines, it doesn’t seem so obvious anymore. At many points in the story it is clear that the creature is dangerous and extremely violent. Also, it’s being very selfish by asking Victor for more favours, after Victor had already given life to it.
This leads to the monster’s threats toward Victor to create a female creature for him or he will keep on causing tragedy in Victor’s life. Since the companion is never actually made the monster goes on causing tragedy in the novel such as the death of Elizabeth. To avoid all of this tragedy, I would have selected a novel that gave the creature hope, such as Beauty and the Beast. This is about a Beast who falls in love with a human named Belle. Despite the Beast’s ugliness and anger, Belle falls in love with him anyway.
In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Victor is an odd character in the book. Introduced to us as driven, intelligent men, that educates himself. With his quest to achieve god like abilities, Victor starts acting very selfishly. Which leads to Victor being very corrupted with his appeal to new knowledge that leads him to be corrupted, with the creation he has created. With both Victor and the monster being similar, working in secrecy and animosity are the most present traits displayed in Frankenstein.
The Creature also wanted revenge when Dr. Frankenstein would not create a companion for him! The Creature promised Dr. Frankenstein that he would regret his decision to not make him a counterpart. Sure enough the Creature fulfilled his promise by making him suffer by killing off Dr. Frankenstein’s best friend Clerval and his wife Elizabeth. They both lived and went out of their way to satisfy there longing for revenge. Even so, they both found solitude in the nature around
He must then deal with the consequences unable to tell anyone what has happened and who really killed his friends and family. Victor ventured seemingly too far into science providing more pain then any gratification, because some mysteries are not meant to be understood by man. When Victor could have easily saw his native town as his world and made a better place for himself there. Victor decides to go further into science after
As the deaths continued and the monster’s vengeance inclined, Victor became increasingly enthralled in his problems and seemingly ignored others’. He could have killed the creature after he found that he killed William and Justine.. Instead, Victor san and reduced to face his problems face to face, he escaped. To call Victor a “hero” would be ignorant. He did create life, however he never took flu responsibility, always took the easy way out and was the force that created the suffering of the novel.
They can also provide shelter, food and warmth. Victor would be classified as the Monster’s “mentor” in the novel, although he did fulfill the requirements. The monster is looking to be loved and respected by his creator, yet Victor wants absolutely nothing to do with the monster. Victor created the monster for his own self- pride, but then decided to leave it in the darkness to learn how to live on its own. Once the monster truly understood that he had been left by his creator, he felt betrayed and lost, as the monster says, “(…) I remember Adams’s supplication to his Creator.