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.
In the beginning of the novel Victor’s berated antics where within great intentions. Unfortunately his terrible decision making corrupted his thoughts which lead to pure evilness and revenge. In the novel for example, he knew without a doubt Justine was innocent. He tried to help prove innocence, but he still never revealed the creature who committed the crime. Justine was killed on account of his behalf for not bringing forth the truth.
Ivan Ilych experiences this stage when he realizes that his condition is much worse than he wants to believe. He tries to rationalize the fact that he is terminally ill. “The pain did not grow less, but Ivan Ilych made efforts to force himself to think that he was better” (641). He does not want to relate himself to those who are mortal even though we all eventually die. "If I had to die like Caius I would have known it was so. An inner voice would have told me so, but there was nothing of the sort in me and I and all my friends felt that our case was quite different from
Victor Frankenstein Victor lacks both trustworthiness and responsibility for his actions. Victor when he creates the monster he thought it was a blessing, and if the monster turned out to be a good thing he would have been bragging about it to anyone and everyone. But since the monster ended up killing multiple people Victor went in hiding and never admitted that all these innocent people were dyeing which show his lack of both responsibility and trustworthiness. When Justine gets arrested for the killing of William Victor does nothing. He knows it was the monster that killed William but Victor never says a word.
Instead, the book shows man inability to give up. Throughout the novel Billy just wants to give up and die, and through no fault of his own, he is unable to achieve this. Billy feels no pride in fighting for individual liberty in World War II, although I understand that his experiences in Dresden are perhaps a great cause of this, I think he would have felt the same way had he not been in Dresden. Billy shows none of the pride and enthusiasm of fighting against Communism that we commonly associate with World War II. Perhaps this is another reason that this book has been censored.
Frankenstein from the start wanted the creature dead and as he was dying he still didn't give up stating that another may succeed. At the beginning the creature strived to make Victor's life Hell, but at the end he wished it didn't happen how it
Frankenstein Sean Saenz Period 1 5/21/11 ''Ignorance is bliss, and knowledge is pain.'' This statement’s truth is argued in Frankenstein. Victor decides to bring a creature to life and that is something that god is supposedly only to be able to do. Victor soon realizes what he has done is a horrible mistake. He must then deal with the consequences unable to tell anyone what has happened and who really killed his friends and family.
After all, Victor had made him. The creature had judged Justine on what other people had reacted to him on, even though he didn't know her. Perhaps if neither were so quick to judge, then things could have occurred differently. With all the events at the end of the climax, Victor reveals to Walton that he still wants to monster died, which could also be translated that he isn't that guilty about everything. While the creature on the other hand, also reveals to Walton that he himself is guilty about his horrible actions to all those that got too close to him and about Victor, whom he no doubt cared for on some twisted
In the book, Frankenstein shows his disgust of creating a mate for the creature and he goes on to talk about all the possible consequences. “Had I right, for my own benefit, to inflict this curse upon everlasting generations?” this quote could directly apply to some of the problems of genetic modification. Frankenstein eventually comes to the conclusion that he does not have any right to create a second creature to satisfy the existing creature’s wishes as well as for sake of himself. By creating a second creature, it could possibly bring unintentional consequences to the future generations. Frankenstein felt so strongly against it that he stopped the creating and damned himself.
In this essay, I will try to explore Victor Frankenstein’s characterization, in terms of his humanity considering his experiences, and his narration. My aim in trying to explore Frankenstein’s characterization is to show that although the appearance of the creature was resembled a monster; it could not be defined as monster. It cannot be denied that the creature behaved mercilessly and he was accused of murdering even though he was good hearted. However, the creature could not present his feelings and thoughts to anyone as his appearance was monstrous. So, Victor Frankenstein was guilty as he created the creature, and left him alone.