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This 3 page paper examines the relationship between Victor Frankenstein and his monster. Examples, quotes from text offered. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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he has with his own creation? Many have suggested that one of the reasons that this novel continues to play on the mind, long after the reading, is because of
the creator/created, Adam and God, father and son, relationship that Victor has with the monster. From the outset Dr. Frankenstein sets out to work against nature, in an almost Faustian
way. His desire to acquire more knowledge, beyond that of the average scientist or doctor drives him to make unethical decisions. His decisions, however, effect not only himself, but the
monster and the lives of those that the monster comes into contact with. With horror, Dr. Frankenstein realizes too late that the creation that he has loved from the beginning
is an aberration. "I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs"(Shelley, pg. 51). He is repelled by
the monster, whose only first response is to look toward the Professor like an infant toward its mother/father. However, it also reacts like a child that has been scorned by
a parent. In anger and hurt it lashes out, seeking to destroy anything that might replace it in the affections of the professor. He turns toward wanting to hurt the
doctor any way that he can, and begins to understand that harming those that the creator loves will harm the creator more than physical attack on the creator. In
many regards this mimics mans fall from grace out of the Garden of Eden, one has to think. Mankind was perfect in its creation, then when sin supposedly entered in,
the creation was made repugnant. In anger, the creation (mankind) rebelled and sought to anger the creator by causing damage and harm to that which the creator loved. There
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