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Essay / Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - 659
Mary Shelly's captivating novel Frankenstein tells readers a story of love, life, and tragedy. In the novel, an overly curious scientist named Victor Frankenstein decided to play God and play with the force of nature; he created life that was an abomination to the natural world. After Victor Frankenstein realized his mistake, he became afraid and decided to abandon all responsibility to repair what had been done. To begin with, the stupid mistake of attempting to create a life form like this was fundamentally irresponsible and led to terrible consequences. The murder that resulted from this creation was absolutely Victor Frankenstein's fault. In the novel, Mary Shelly portrays the monster as a mere newborn who had no idea of what was right or wrong. The Frankenstein Monster was born from a spark, eight feet tall and abnormally strong. The Monster, after being abandoned by Victor, attempted to become involved in society, but was strangely rejected. The confused creature looked at himself and noticed that it was his grotesque appearance that made him repulsive to everyone who crossed his path. There is no doubt that the monster was an ugly thing made up of different body parts and chemical concoctions, so the reactions to the monster's appearance were understandable from a physical point of view. Since the creature was actually abandoned by Victor and has yet to receive any moral lessons, this made him essentially a wild animal with no "master" to tell him what is right and wrong. Shortly after Victor lost the monster, he murdered a child named William. This was very critical in the plot because Victor knew that if he hadn't played... middle of paper... he had only chosen to give up and lie to the monster so he wouldn't have to s take care of it. the mess he had made. “So much has been done,” exclaimed the soul of Frankenstein, “I will do more, much more; following the steps already marked, I will open a new path, explore unknown powers and reveal to the world the deepest mysteries of creation” – VictorVictor explained that he only wanted to unlock the secret of creation. Even though this type of science clearly crossed the line, Victor still pursued the experiment selfishly. This selfishness that Victor Frankenstein showed, from his curiosity about life to his refusal to be the father of his creation, was the cause of the murder of the people; and most importantly, his role of playing God in his obscure science to achieve a terrible goal makes him the real murderer in Mary Shelly's story of Frankenstein..