The Origin Of Victor Frankenstein’S Catastrophe
Mo H. Saidi
Professor Patricia Bellanca
Humanities 100-S
11 August 2003
The Origin of Victor Frankenstein’s Catastrophe
When I initially read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein some 45 years ago my main reaction was of total shock and dismay at the monster’s brutal murders of the beloved family members and friends of his own creator. Reading it again this spring, I was troubled by Dr. Victor Frankenstein’s profound rejection of his own creation upon observing the first signs of life in him. Instead of reacting exuberantly, as I would expect a scientist faced with the miraculous success of his project to do, Frankenstein expresses only misery. At the zenith of his scientific labors he responds unexpectedly; he reacts with deep loathing and says, a “breathless horror and disgust filled my heart“ (34). I wondered why Frankenstein, who has gained the knowledge of creating life (31), and who so obsessively pursues the creation of the new human being from death suddenly......
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