Frankenstein Case

Frankenstein

Science is a broad field that covers many aspects of everyday life and existence. Some areas of science include the study of the universe, the environment, dinosaurs, animals, and insects. Another popular science is the study of people and how they function. In the famous novel, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Dr. Victor Frankenstein is an inspiring scientist who studies the dead. He wants to be the first person to give life to a dead human being. He spends all of his time concentrating on this goal, and gives up his family and friends. Frankenstein admits that he "seemed to have lost all soul or sensation but for this one pursuit" (Shelly, 1994, p 33). Showing his lack of restraint and how he lost his sanity in the process of creating the monster. When he finally accomplishes this, everything falls apart. It is Victor Frankenstein's obsession of bringing the dead back to life that is to blame for the deaths of his brother William, Justine Moritz, Henry Clerval, Elizabeth Lavenza, himself, as well as the creature he has created.

Although Victor Frankenstein brings a monster to life in the novel of Frankenstein; he himself grows to become a monster throughout the process. He becomes a disheartened, guilt-ridden man that is determined to achieve his goal but gives up his family. He desires to obtain a godlike power of creating new life which can be interpreted as monster-like. All that was on Victor's mind was to bring a creature to life and become famous, and this greediness got to his head which resulted in all he could think of, isolating himself from friends and family - people that care about him.

One of the reasons that Victor Frankenstein can be perceived as a monster is the way he isolates himself from society. He spends most of his time inside working on his experiment for two years mostly worrying about whether he will succeed or not, which made him fanatical. Thus he lost sight of his surroundings and judgment and lost control of his experiment. That had made the entire operation fall apart, and since he is to blame for the deaths caused by the monster he has created, he is a monster in that sense. Victor Frankenstein's actions throughout the novel prove to be quite arrogant and selfish in nature. Victor attempts to "play God" by creating a living being, using old body parts, chemicals, his knowledge of alchemy and sciences, and a mysterious spark. Although Victor Frankenstein calls his creature a monster, and considers it disgusting and abhorrent; it is in fact Frankenstein who behaves

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