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An 8 page paper which discusses various
conditions of abandonment in "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley. The relationships discussed
are that of Victor and the creature, Victor and Elizabeth, and Victor and his mother.
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8 pages (~225 words per page)
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one of many such conditions. In "Frankenstein," by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein is thoroughly immersed in his personality that is ignorant, presuming, and selfish. Through these characteristics we are provided
with a man who is caught in, and part of, the social reality of abandonment. Victor clearly abandons his creation, which is in many ways his child, and he abandons
his one true love, Elizabeth. He is, in turn, perhaps first abandoned, in his mind, by his mother, which may well have been the cause of all the ensuing abandonment.
In the following paper we present an examination of these abandonment issues in "Frankenstein." Victor and the Creature In the main character, Victor Frankenstein, we are presented with
a man who wishes to somehow surpass all the capabilities and restrictions of man. He dreams of moving beyond the boundaries of life and create his own being. In many
ways this has been equated with the desire to have children and giving birth itself. Frankenstein is obsessed with the idea and has, as we shall see shortly, abandoned his
supposed love for this ideal of his. But, he is not pleased with his creation. Fredricks states that "societys valorization of the beautiful is responsible for the monsters abandonment and
abusive treatment, fueling his bitterness and murderous rage" (178). Natale illustrates some of the issues as they relate to abandonment, in the following: "Upon the birth of his creation, Frankenstein
does not rejoice or reach out to his child, but instead rushes out of the room incredibly repulsed by the disgusting and abnormal physical appearance of his creation. The birth
itself is unlovingly described, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open: it breathed hard and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs (Shelley, p. 42). When the creature
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