WEEK 1: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (6)

 Frankenstein’s monster has always been associated with terror, afterall it’s quite hard to think otherwise when his existence has only been composed of him killing and threatening. However, what I see in him is not a creature that should be hated and feared, but rather a lonely soul, that lacked the presence of any parents or any nurturing figures at birth, that would be willing to show him the ropes to living a fulfilling life. 


In fact, I believe a strong ethics argument should be made about this piece. The doctor made him out of his love for science, not really of paternity. We live in a society with rules of conduct, we are taught what is evil and what is good. We are nurtured to be proper citizens that abide by those rules. However, what the doctor failed to realize is that along with life comes greater responsibility, not just of scientific discovery, but also as a parent. The lonely creature didn’t know what to think when he came to life. All he has seen in the few first minutes of his life was a face plagued with terror, leading to him being abandoned hours later. He still has no idea what to do with himself. So as he heads out, he has no moral compass, all he has is an extremely strong body and confused thoughts, with survival instincts. He was pushed to kill in order to survive, because that’s what your genes tell you. People fear him. When he finally sees Victor in the mountains, he has learned a bit from his experience, he has noticed people socialize, they do activities they stick by each other. It’s only natural that he thinks what he needs is a partner that looks like him, because no very few dare approach him. However, when he finally has hope, it is torn from him once again. He just lost the only ray of sunshine in his life and lashes out. Everything comes to light when Victor lies dead in front of him. It was the only person he knew, the only person with the ability to give him a chance at life, he realizes the importance his life had, and with him gone, he definitely has no reason to be.


His life was first filled with confusion, then hope, then his goal became vengeance, and ultimately, he had nothing left. He never had the love he deserved, and was never given the answer to life.  Without Victor, Frankenstein’s monster loses his ticket to having a somewhat okay life.

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