frankenstien crticism

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The Creator's Faults in the CreationOften the actions of children are reflective of the attitudes of thosewho raised them. In the novel Frankenstein : Or the Modern Prometheus byMary Shelly, Dr. Victor Frankenstein is the sole being that can takeresponsibility for the creature that he has created, as he is the only onethat had any part in bringing it into being. While the actions of thecreation are the ones that are the illegal and deadly their roots aretraced back to the flaws of Frankenstein as a creator. Many of Frankenstein's faults are evident in the appearance of hiscreation. It is described as having yellow skin, dark black hair, eyessunk into their sockets, and black lips (Shelly 56). Frankenstein, havingchosen the parts for his creature, is the only one possible to blame forits appearance. Martin Tropp states that the monster is "designed to bebeautiful and loving, it is loathsome and unloved" (64). Clearly it isFrankenstein's lack of foresight in the creation proce!

ss to allow for acreature that Frankenstein "had selected his features as beautiful," (56)to become something which the very sight of causes its creator to say"breathless horror and disgust filled my heart"(56). He overlooks theseemingly obvious fact that

foot baby- whose progenitor rejects himimmediately after creating him..." (Oates 70). It is due to thisabandonment that the monster develops the murderous tendencies displayedlater in the novel. Even when the creature is shown to be naturally good,its physical form never allows it acceptance. Whenever the creationattempts to be rational with Frankenstein it is rejected, with in almostall cases Frankenstein sighting its appearance as one of the reasons."Frankenstein's response to the `thing' he has created is solely inaesthetic terms..." (Oates 75). Throughout the novel Frankenstein continually insists that "Thetortures of Hell are too mild a vengeance for all [the creature's] crimes"(95). Frankenstein is incorrect, however in assuming that the creature isinherently evil. Mary Lowe-Evans states that ,"Nothing in Frankenstein ismore unexpected than the Creature's sensitivity" (52). His benevolentnature described in his story is meant to show that he is not the beastthat Franken!

his first creation.She also states that Frankenstein, "in `mangling' the flesh of his demon'sbride, he is murdering the pious and rather too perfect Elizabeth..." (78).Frankenstein wishes for his own happiness through companionship inmarriage, but denies the same right to his creation. Frankenstein can alsobe viewed as being responsible for the death of Elizabeth by assuming thatwhen the creature states "I shall be with you on your wedding night" (161)he is going to be killed rather than Elizabeth, even when all of thecreature's prior killings point to the fact that he would attempt to makeFrankenstein's life miserable rather than actually kill him (Lowe-Evans61). In fact if the creature actually wanted Frankenstein to die, it hadthe perfect opportunity to kill him the second Frankenstein destroyed hiswould be wife. Lowe-Evans points out that this can be att

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