Frankensteins Innocence
The Defense of Frankenstein's Creature
Victor Frankenstein, a character in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, decided that he wanted to bring life into this world; a life that would eventually go on to killing the creator himself. The Creature can be seen as either innocent or guilty. The popular opinion of the Creature seems to be that he is guilty considering how he has burned down a house, set up Justine for murder and murdered three others. However, after taking a close look at the text, it can be seen that Frankenstein's creature is not guilty. He was brought into this world with a child-like innocence, never progressed past the emotional state of a child and was rejected throughout his whole life causing him to do the things he did.
Although the Creature later went on to commit crimes, he was not instinctively bad. Victor's Creature was brought into this world with a child-like innocence. He was abandoned at birth and left to learn about life on his own. After first......
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