A True Betrayal Of Nature
In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Victor betrays nature by creating the Monster. It
is the responsibility of nature, and not man, to create human beings. Victor has done
something unnatural, he has created life after death, "I have created a monster."
Victor is soon punished for interfering with nature when his own creation turns
against its creator. The monster murders William Frankenstein, Victor's brother; Henry
Clerval, Victor's best friend; and Elizabeth Lavenza, Victor's bride. The Monster kills all
those that are closest in Victor's life in a form of retaliation for Victor's creation of a
monster, one without a companion, one rejected by all of civilization. "I determined to
seek that justice which I vainly attempted to gain from any other being that wore the
human form" (Frankenstein, p.136, line 13). It is the death of Victor's family that
signifies his punishment " I have never seen a man so wretched a condition"
(Frankenstein, p.20). Victor's......
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