Often the actions of children are reflective of the attitudes of those who raised them. In the novel, Victor Frankenstein is the sole being that can take responsibility for the creature that he has created, as he is the only one that had any part in bringing it into being. A large number of Frankenstein's issues are clear in the appearance of his creation. It is depicted as having yellow skin, dark black hair, eyes sunk into their sockets, and black lips (Shelly 56). Frankenstein, having picked the parts for his animal, is the one and only conceivable to be faulted for its appearance. Martin Tropp states that the beast is "designed to be beautiful and loving, it is loathsome and unloved" (64). Obviously it is Frankenstein's lack of foresight in the creation methodology to consider an animal that Frankenstein "had selected his features as beautiful," (56) to get something which the exact sight of reasons its inventor to say "breathless horror and disgust filled my heart"(56). He neglects the apparently evident actuality that grotesqueness is the regular consequence when something is produced out of parts of diverse cadavers and put together. Were he thinking more clearly he would have noticed the monster's hideousness. Another physical aspect of the monster which shows a fault in Frankenstein is its immense size. The reason that Frankenstein gives for creating so large a creature is his own haste. He states that ,,"As the minuteness of the parts formed a great hindrance to my speed, I resolved, contrary to my first intention, to make a being gigantic in stature ..." (52). Had Frankenstein not had been so rushed to complete his project he would not have had to deal with such a physically intimidating creature.
I agree with Frankenstein's inability to take responsibility for things!!! Not only did he shirk the responsibilities of parenting his creation, he also procrastinated the "task" of keeping in touch with his family.
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ReplyDeleteThis point is increasingly interesting to think about as we hear about life from the creature’s perspective. The monster’s first conversation with his father occurs only after the deaths of Justine and William; as this conversation occurs the reader struggles to discern the guilty being. Is Victor guilty because he created this monster but failed to raise it properly? Or is it simply the creature? When the creature asks for a female companion, Victor refuses, and he shows no empathy for the outcast he has created. If Victor shows the creature no kindness is it fair to expect the creature to ever show his own kindness. In chapter 17 Victor succumbs to the monsters pleading. Perhaps this is a step in a positive direction.
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