Frankenstein: The Creator's Faults In The Creation
Frankenstein: The Creator's Faults in the Creation
Often the actions of children are reflective of the attitudes of those who
raised them. In the novel Frankenstein : Or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelly,
Dr. Victor Frankenstein is the sole being that can take responsibility for the
creature that he has created, as he is the only one that had any part in
bringing it into being. While the actions of the creation are the ones that are
the illegal and deadly their roots are traced back to the flaws of Frankenstein
as a creator.
Many of Frankenstein's faults are evident in the appearance of his creation. It
is described as having yellow skin, dark black hair, eyes sunk into their
sockets, and black lips (Shelly 56). Frankenstein, having chosen the parts for
his creature, is the only one possible to blame for its appearance. Martin Tropp
states that the monster is "designed to be beautiful and loving, it is loathsome
and unloved" (64). Clearly it is Frankenstein's lack of foresight......
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