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Frankenstein

            Through out the novel we are under the assumption that the demon of the novel is the man who is distorted and hideous on the outside. While we view Victor Frankenstein as the handsome and caring victim, even though the monster can not be seen but heard. Looks can be deceiving but actions always prove to be true in nature. Victor had the knowledge and the will power to create life; but he lacked the compassion for his creature. The monster in fact had more compassion than his creator did. "The monster is at once more intellectual and more emotional than his maker; indeed he excels Frankenstein as much (and in the same ways) as Milton's Adam excels Milton's God in Paradise Lost" (Harold Bloom). Victor's lack of consideration and disappointment to love; lead to the monster's demise and his later termination. Victor tried too hard to create life and act like God. He unlike God had no heart or soulful empathy for the life he had created; and if he did then it would have caused a different outcome in the novel. "I collected the instruments of life around me that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet (p.56)." This is one of the many examples of Victor's abilities to create life. Instead of showing love for his creature, he abandoned it and then hated the fact that he had indeed created a monster. " the dreams vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart." The monster from the very beginning like any new born wanted to be loved. He instead was abandoned from the moment of his birth and left to die. This left him unaided in the world to find his own place. He was left with no discernment of love or hate. The monster went on to find his place in the world but was hated by all. This left him feeling very distraught, until he found the De Lacey family which he adopted to be his own clandestinely. He learned countless wonderful things from this family; speech and compassion were two of the pivotal lessons learned.


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