Frankenstein

A victim is defined as a person who is killed or harmed by another, whether it be physically or emotionally. In Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, a mad scientist creates a monster from the body parts of dead people. His creation would turn against him later on. He did not know that this monster would make him one of its victims.

Victor Frankenstein, an expert in the field of science, wanted to play the ways of God by creating his own creature. His sole purpose of the experiment was to see if he could infuse life into an inanimate object. The days of reckoning began on "a dreary night of November" (48), when Victor finally completed his creation, and brought it to life. His dreams were shattered when he realized that the creation he perceived would be beautiful, turned out to be a horrible "wretch" (49). Victor ran out on his creation, not even giving it a chance to excel in the world and have a positive reflection upon someone. In doing so, Frankenstein made the monster a victim. The monster would later return the favor by eliminating Victor's family.

Victor Frankenstein had the opportunity to connect with the monster, but instead of doing so, he pushed it away. If Victor had been a better "parent" to the monster and acted as a father-figure to it, then he could have taught the monster the ways of the world, and help it become accepted by the community. Instead the people looked upon him as an ogre and a threat to their lives. The monster states: "All men hate the wretched; how then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things! Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me, the creature, to whom thou art bound by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us." (83). Another result of Victor betraying his creation was the death of William and Justine. The monster murdered these two family members of Victor's family. The monster turned the tables and made Victor his victim.

Victor had one specific way of preventing the death of his friends in the story. All he had to do was create a companion of the "same species and have the same defects" (129) as the monster. Frankenstein initially went along with the idea of the monster and began to create this being. He was almost complete with this task, but he took the being apart, piece-by-piece, thus angering the monster to the highest degree. The monster killed most of the

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